Romans 14:5
One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.
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- Rom 14:23 : 23 But 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.
- 1 Cor 8:7 : 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.
- 1 Cor 8:11 : 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.
- Gal 4:9-9 : 9 But now that you have come to know God(or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? 10 You are observing religious days and months and seasons and years.
- Col 2:16-17 : 16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days– 17 these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ!
- 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence, 20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. 21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,
- Rom 14:14 : 14 I 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.
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- Rom 14:6-83 verses87%
6 The 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.
7 For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.
8 If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
- Rom 14:1-44 verses80%
1 Exhortation to Mutual Forbearance Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.
2 One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.
3 The 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.
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.
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16 Therefore 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 14:12-165 verses75%
12 Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
13 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.
14 I 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.
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.
16 Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.
- Rom 14:18-225 verses74%
18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.
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.
22 The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.
- 1 Cor 10:27-293 verses71%
27 If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.
28 But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–
29 I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
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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.
- 1 Cor 4:3-64 verses70%
3 So 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.
4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
5 So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
6 I 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 8:7-93 verses70%
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.
- Gal 6:4-52 verses70%
4 Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.
5 For each one will carry his own load.
- 1 Cor 10:24-252 verses69%
24 Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.
25 Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,
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24 In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.
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20 Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.
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15 The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.
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10 I 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.
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10 You are observing religious days and months and seasons and years.
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8 You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,
- Rom 15:1-22 verses68%
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.
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7 I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.
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3 Conduct in Humility For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
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31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
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17 The Circumstances of Your Calling Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.
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29 See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
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10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
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1 The 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.
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9 Do 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.
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12 For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.