1 Corinthians 8:11
So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.
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- Rom 14:15 : 15 For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.
- 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
- 1 Cor 10:33-11:1 : 33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. 1 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
- Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
- Rom 15:1-3 : 1 Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written,“The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”
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- 1 Cor 8:7-104 verses86%
7But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.
8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.
9But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.
10For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?
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12If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
- Rom 14:15-162 verses80%
15For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.
16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.
- Rom 14:20-212 verses71%
20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.
21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
- 1 Cor 8:1-33 verses71%
1Food Sacrificed to Idols With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that“we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.
3But if someone loves God, he is known by God.
- 1 Cor 11:29-302 verses69%
29For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.
30That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.
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10But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
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13Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.
- Rom 14:1-33 verses68%
1Exhortation to Mutual Forbearance Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.
2One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.
3The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.
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29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
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29I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
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1Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
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14For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.
15And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
16So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.
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4For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.
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34Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God– I say this to your shame!
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18Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.
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11You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself.
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27For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
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7For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.
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12So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.
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16We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
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14We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
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6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?
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17Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.
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9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
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10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness.
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9For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.
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6For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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8For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.
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10He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
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32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
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13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.
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31Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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3For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
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7(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)
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17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.
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27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.