1 Corinthians 8:13

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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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 14:21 : 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
  • 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
  • 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • 1 Cor 6:12 : 12 Flee Sexual Immorality“All things are lawful for me”– but not everything is beneficial.“All things are lawful for me”– but I will not be controlled by anything.
  • 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law(though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law. 21 To those free from the law I became like one free from the law(though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law. 22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some. 23 I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.
  • 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.
  • 2 Tim 3:8-9 : 8 And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people– who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith– also oppose the truth. 9 But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

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  • Rom 14:19-23
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

    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.

    22The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

    23But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.

  • Rom 14:13-16
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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.

    14I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

    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.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-12
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    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?

    11So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

    12If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

  • 1 Cor 10:31-32
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    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

  • 1 Cor 10:27-29
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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.

    28But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–

    29I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

  • Rom 14:1-3
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

  • 1 Cor 6:12-13
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    12Flee Sexual Immorality“All things are lawful for me”– but not everything is beneficial.“All things are lawful for me”– but I will not be controlled by anything.

    13“Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both.” The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

  • 2 Cor 11:29
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    29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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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.

  • Gal 5:11
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    11Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

  • Acts 24:16
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    16This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
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    33So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

    34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

  • Rom 14:10
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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.

  • 1 Cor 10:23
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    23Live to Glorify God“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial.“Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.

  • Gal 5:15
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    15However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

  • Gal 2:18
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    18But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law.

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

  • 1 John 2:10
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    10The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

  • Rom 15:1
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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.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

  • Matt 18:8
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    8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

  • Rom 14:6
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    6The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

  • Luke 17:2
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    2It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

  • John 16:1
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    1“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • Rom 8:12
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    12So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh