Philippians 2:4
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4 Let each of you (A)look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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1 Corinthians 10:24
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24 (A)Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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Romans 15:1
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15 (A)We who are strong (B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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James 2:8
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, (A)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-5
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4 (A)Love is patient and (B)kind; love (C)does not envy or boast; it (D)is not arrogant 5 or rude. It (E)does not insist on its own way; it (F)is not irritable or resentful;[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 13:5 Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing
1 Corinthians 10:32-33
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32 (A)Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to (B)the church of God, 33 just as (C)I try to please everyone in everything I do, (D)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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Romans 12:15
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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
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1 Corinthians 12:22-26
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22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, (A)all rejoice together.
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Romans 14:19-22
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19 So then let us (A)pursue what makes for peace and for (B)mutual upbuilding.
20 (C)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. (D)Everything is indeed clean, but (E)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 (F)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[a] 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. (G)Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
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- Romans 14:21 Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
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9 But take care (A)that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block (B)to the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating[a] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,[b] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11 And so by your knowledge this weak person is (C)destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers[c] and (D)wounding their conscience when it is weak, (E)you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, (F)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:10 Greek reclining at table
- 1 Corinthians 8:10 Or fortified; Greek built up
- 1 Corinthians 8:12 Or brothers and sisters
2 Corinthians 11:29
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29 (A)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
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Matthew 18:6
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6 but (A)whoever causes one of these (B)little ones who believe in me to sin,[a] it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
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- Matthew 18:6 Greek causes… to stumble; also verses 8, 9
2 Corinthians 6:3
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3 We (A)put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
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