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1 Corinthians 10:29
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1 Corinthians 10:29
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29 I mean the other’s conscience, not your own. For why should my freedom be subject to the judgment of someone else’s conscience?(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:29
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1 Corinthians 10:29
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29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom(A) being judged by another’s conscience?
1 Corinthians 9:19
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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Paul’s Use of His Freedom
19 Though I am free(A) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(B) to win as many as possible.(C)
Romans 14:15-21
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Romans 14:15-21
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15 If your brother or sister is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let your good be slandered. 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.(A) 18 The one who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and has human approval.(B) 19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.(C) 20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong to make someone stumble by what you eat; 21 it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.[a](D)
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- 14.21 Other ancient authorities add or be upset or be weakened
Romans 14:15-21
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Romans 14:15-21
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15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.(A) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.(B) 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.(C) 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,(D) but of righteousness, peace(E) and joy in the Holy Spirit,(F) 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.(G)
19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace(H) and to mutual edification.(I) 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(J) All food is clean,(K) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(L) 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.(M)
2 Corinthians 8:21
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2 Corinthians 8:21
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21 for we are setting our minds on what is right not only before the Lord but also before the people.(A)
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2 Corinthians 8:21
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21 For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.(A)
1 Corinthians 10:32
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1 Corinthians 10:32
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32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,(A)
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1 Corinthians 8:9-13
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1 Corinthians 8:9-13
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9 But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.(A) 10 For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed.(B) 12 But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.(C)
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1 Corinthians 8:9-13
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1 Corinthians 8:9-13
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9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(A) to the weak.(B) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(C) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(D) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(E) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(F) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(G)
1 Thessalonians 5:22
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1 Thessalonians 5:22
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22 abstain from every form of evil.
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