Romans 14:1
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Do Not Judge Another
14 Welcome those who are weak in faith[a] but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.(A)
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Romans 14:1
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The Weak and the Strong
14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,(A) without quarreling over disputable matters.
Romans 15:1
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Please Others, Not Yourselves
15 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.(A)
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Romans 15:1
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15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(A) and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 8:7-13
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7 It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.(A) 8 “Food will not bring us close to God.”[a] We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.(B) 9 But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.(C) 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.(D) 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.(E)
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1 Corinthians 8:7-13
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7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(A) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(B) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(C) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(D) to the weak.(E) 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?(F) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(G) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(H) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(I) 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.(J)
1 Corinthians 9:22
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22 To the weak I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.
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1 Corinthians 9:22
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22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(A) I have become all things to all people(B) so that by all possible means I might save some.(C)
Romans 15:7
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The Gospel for Jews and Gentiles Alike
7 Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
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Romans 15:7
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7 Accept one another,(A) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
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On Divisions in the Corinthian Church
3 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ.(A) 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready,(B)
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1 Corinthians 3:1-2
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The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready.
Romans 14:21
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21 it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.[a](A)
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Romans 14:21
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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.(A)
2 John 10
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10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive and welcome this person into your house,(A)
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2 John 10
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10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(A)
Romans 4:19
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19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already[a] as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), and the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.(A)
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Romans 4:19
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19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(A)—since he was about a hundred years old(B)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(C)
Luke 17:2
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2 It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to sin.[a](A)
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Luke 17:2
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2 It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones(A) to stumble.(B)
Matthew 18:5-6
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5 Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.(A)
Temptations to Sin
6 “If any of you cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,[a] it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.(B)
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Matthew 18:5-6
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5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.(A)
Causing to Stumble
6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.(B)
Matthew 14:31
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31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”(A)
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Matthew 14:31
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31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,”(A) he said, “why did you doubt?”
Matthew 12:20
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20 He will not break a bruised reed
or quench a smoldering wick
until he brings justice to victory.
Matthew 12:20
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20 A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
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