Romans 14:1

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Exhortation to Mutual Forbearance Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

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  • Rom 15:1 : 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.
  • Rom 15:7 : 7 Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory.
  • 1 Cor 9:22 : 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.
  • Luke 17:2 : 2 It 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.
  • 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 8:7-9 : 7 But 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. 8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do. 9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 10 For 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? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 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.
  • John 13:20 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
  • 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 Immaturity and Self-deception So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,
  • Phil 2:29 : 29 So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,
  • 2 John 1:10 : 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting,
  • 3 John 1:8-9 : 8 Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth. 9 Diotrephes the Troublemaker I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us. 10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing– the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!
  • Job 4:3 : 3 Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake! 4 Tell those who panic,“Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.”
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
  • Isa 42:3 : 3 A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.
  • Ezek 34:4 : 4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!
  • Zech 11:16 : 16 Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
  • Matt 10:40-42 : 40 Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. 41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
  • Matt 12:20 : 20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.
  • Matt 14:31 : 31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him,“You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
  • Matt 18:5-6 : 5 And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me. 6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

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  • Rom 14:2-6
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    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.

    4Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

    5One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

    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.

  • Rom 14:13-23
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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.

    17For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

    18For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

    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.

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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 8:7-13
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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.

    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 15:7
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    7Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory.

  • Heb 13:9
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    9Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

  • 1 Cor 10:27
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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.

  • 1 Thess 5:14
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    14And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

  • Phil 2:29
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    29So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

  • Heb 5:14
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    14But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

  • Titus 1:14
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    10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

  • Luke 10:8
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    8Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

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    14Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

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    3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

    4For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

  • Col 2:16
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    16Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days–

  • 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.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Dealing with False Teachers Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

  • Phlm 1:17
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    17Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.

  • 3 John 1:8
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    8Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 1 Cor 14:17
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    17For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

  • Gal 6:1
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    1Support One Another Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

  • Gal 4:14
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    14and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!

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

  • 2 Tim 2:24
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    24And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

  • Acts 15:29
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    29that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.