Romans 14:15
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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.
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Romans 14:15
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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)
Ephesians 5:2
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2 and walk in love, as Christ loved us[a] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(A)
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Ephesians 5:2
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2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)
Philippians 2:2-4
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2 make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.(A) 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.(B) 4 Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others.(C)
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Philippians 2:2-4
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2 then make my joy complete(A) by being like-minded,(B) having the same love, being one(C) in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(D) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(E) 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.(F)
Galatians 5:13
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence,[a] but through love become enslaved to one another.(A)
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Galatians 5:13
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Life by the Spirit
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love.
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- Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
1 Corinthians 8:11-12
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11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed.(A) 12 But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
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1 Corinthians 8:11-12
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11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(A) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(B) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(C)
1 John 2:2
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2 and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.(A)
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1 John 2:2
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2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(A) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(B)
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
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4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant(A) 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;(B)
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1 Corinthians 13:1
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The Gift of Love
13 If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
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1 Corinthians 13:1
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13 If I speak in the tongues[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
1 Corinthians 8:1
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Food Offered to Idols
8 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.(A)
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1 Corinthians 8:1
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Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols
8 Now about food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “We all possess knowledge.”(B) But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
Romans 15:2
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2 Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor.(A)
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Romans 15:2
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Romans 14:20
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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;
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Romans 14:20
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20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(A) All food is clean,(B) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(C)
Romans 13:10
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10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.(A)
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Romans 13:10
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10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.(A)
Ezekiel 13:22
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22 Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened them, and you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their wicked way and save their lives,(A)
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Ezekiel 13:22
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22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies,(A) when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,(B)
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