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¹Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.[ † ]Romans 14:2Romans 15:11 Corinthians 8:91 Corinthians 9:22 ²For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.[ † ]1 Corinthians 10:25Titus 1:15 ³The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.[ † ]Romans 14:10-13Colossians 2:16 ⁴Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.[ † ]Romans 9:20James 4:11-12

⁵One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.[ † ]Galatians 4:10 ⁶He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.[ † ]Galatians 4:10Matthew 14:19Matthew 15:361 Corinthians 10:311 Timothy 4:3

⁷For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.[ † ]1 Corinthians 6:19Galatians 2:201 Thessalonians 5:101 Peter 4:2 ⁸If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.[ † ]2 Corinthians 5:14-15 ⁹For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.[ † ]2 Corinthians 5:15Acts 10:36

¹⁰Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.[ † ]Romans 2:162 Corinthians 5:10

¹²So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.[ † ]Matthew 12:36Matthew 16:27Galatians 6:51 Peter 4:5

¹³Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.[ † ]1 Corinthians 8:9

¹⁴I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.[ † ]1 Corinthians 10:25 ¹⁵If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.[ † ]Romans 14:201 Corinthians 8:11

¹⁶Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.[ † ]Romans 12:17 ¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.[ † ]1 Corinthians 8:8Romans 8:6 ¹⁸For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.[ † ]2 Corinthians 8:21Philippians 4:81 Peter 2:12

¹⁹So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.[ † ]Psalms 34:14Romans 12:181 Corinthians 7:152 Timothy 2:22Hebrews 12:141 Corinthians 14:121 Thessalonians 5:11 ²⁰Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.[ † ]Romans 14:15Acts 10:151 Corinthians 8:9-12 ²¹It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.[ † ]1 Corinthians 8:13

²²Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.[ † ]1 John 3:21 ²³But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.[ † ]Titus 1:15