Romans 14:13

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Exhortation 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.

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  • Luke 12:57 : 57 Clear the Debts“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
  • Matt 7:1 : 1 Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who 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.
  • Rom 14:10 : 10 But 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jas 2:4 : 4 If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.
  • 1 John 2:10 : 10 The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
  • Rom 11:9 : 9 And David says,“Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
  • Lev 19:14 : 14 You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 12:14 : 14 Nonetheless, because you have treated the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
  • Ezek 14:3 : 3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me?
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now 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!
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 11:13 : 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned and said to Peter,“Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
  • Matt 18:7 : 7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

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  • 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.

  • Rom 14:19-22
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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.

  • Rom 14:12
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    12Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

  • Rom 14:1-5
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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.

    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.

  • Rom 14:14-16
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    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 8:12-13
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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.

  • 1 Cor 8:8-9
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    31But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

    32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
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    12For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

    13But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

    3And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • 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 15:1-2
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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.

    2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

    4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 10:32
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    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

  • Rom 14:7
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    7For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

  • 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.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

  • John 8:15
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    15You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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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?

  • John 7:24
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    24Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”

  • 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.

  • Gal 5:10
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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.

  • 1 Cor 2:15
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    15The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

  • Rom 13:13-14
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    13Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.

    14Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

  • 1 Cor 6:4
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    4So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.