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1. If there is someone whose faith is weak, be kind and receive him. Do not argue about what he thinks.
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1. G1161 Him that is weak G770 in the G3588 faith G4102 receive G4355 ye, but not G3361 to G1519 doubtful G1261 disputations G1253 .
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2. One man believes he may eat everything. Another man with weak faith eats only vegetables.
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2. For one G3739 G3303 believeth G4100 that he may eat G5315 all things G3956 G1161 : another G3588 , who is weak G770 , eateth G2068 herbs G3001 .
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3. The man who eats everything should not think he is better than the one who eats only vegetables. The man who eats only vegetables should not say the other man is wrong, because God has received him.
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3. Let not G3361 him that eateth G2068 despise G1848 him that eateth not G2068 G3361 ; and G2532 let not G3361 him which eateth not G2068 G3361 judge G2919 him that eateth G2068 : for G1063 God G2316 hath received G4355 him G846 .
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4. Who are you to tell another person's servant if he is right or wrong? It is to his owner that he does good or bad. The Lord is able to help him.
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4. Who G5101 art G1488 thou G4771 that judgest G2919 another man G245 's servant G3610 ? to his own G2398 master G2962 he standeth G4739 or G2228 falleth G4098 . Yea G1161 , he shall be holden up G2476 : for G1063 God G2316 is G2076 able G1415 to make him stand G2476 G846 .
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5. One man thinks one day is more important than another. Another man thinks every day is the same. Every man must be sure in his own mind.
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5. One man G3739 G3303 esteemeth G2919 one day above another G2250 G1161 : another G3739 esteemeth G2919 every G3956 day G2250 alike. Let every man G1538 be fully persuaded G4135 in G1722 his own G2398 mind G3563 .
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6. The man who worships on a special day does it to honor the Lord. The man who eats meat does it to honor the Lord. He gives thanks to God for what he eats. The other man does not eat meat. In this way, he honors the Lord. He gives thanks to God also.
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6. He that regardeth G5426 the G3588 day G2250 , regardeth G5426 it unto the Lord G2962 ; and G2532 he that regardeth not G5426 G3361 the G3588 day G2250 , to the Lord G2962 he doth not G3756 regard G5426 it. He that eateth G2068 , eateth G2068 to the Lord G2962 , for G1063 he giveth God thanks G2168 G2316 ; and G2532 he that eateth not G2068 G3361 to the Lord G2962 he eateth G2068 not G3756 , and G2532 giveth God thanks G2168 G2316 .
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7. No one lives for himself alone. No one dies for himself alone.
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7. For G1063 none G3762 of us G2257 liveth G2198 to himself G1438 , and G2532 no man G3762 dieth G599 to himself G1438 .
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8. If we live, it is for the Lord. If we die, it is for the Lord. If we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
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8. For G1063 whether G1437 we G5037 live G2198 , we live G2198 unto the G3588 Lord G2962 ; and G5037 whether G1437 we die G599 , we die G599 unto the G3588 Lord G2962 G5037 : whether G1437 we live G2198 therefore G3767 , or G5037 G1437 die G599 , we are G2070 the G3588 Lord G2962 's.
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9. Christ died and lived again. This is why He is the Lord of the living and of the dead.
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9. For G1063 to G1519 this end G5124 Christ G5547 both G2532 died G599 , and G2532 rose G450 , and G2532 revived G326 , that G2443 he might be Lord G2961 both G2532 of the dead G3498 and G2532 living G2198 .
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10. Why do you try to say your Christian brother is right or wrong? Why do you hate your Christian brother? We will all stand before God to be judged by Him.
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10. But G1161 why G5101 dost thou G4771 judge G2919 thy G4675 brother G80 ? or G2228 G2532 why G5101 dost thou G4771 set at naught G1848 thy G4675 brother G80 ? for G1063 we shall all G3956 stand before G3936 the G3588 judgment seat G968 of Christ G5547 .
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11. The Holy Writings say, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me. And every tongue will say that I am God."
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11. For G1063 it is written G1125 , As I G1473 live G2198 , saith G3004 the Lord G2962 G3754 , every G3956 knee G1119 shall bow G2578 to me G1698 , and G2532 every G3956 tongue G1100 shall confess G1843 to God G2316 .
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12. Everyone of us will give an answer to God about himself.
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12. So G686 then G3767 every one G1538 of us G2257 shall give G1325 account G3056 of G4012 himself G1438 to God G2316 .
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13. So you should stop saying that you think other people are wrong. Instead, decide to live so that your Christian brother will not have a reason to trip or fall into sin because of you.
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13. Let us not therefore judge G2919 G3767 one another G240 any more G3371 : but G235 judge G2919 this G5124 rather G3123 , that no man G3361 put G5087 a stumblingblock G4348 or G2228 an occasion to fall G4625 in his brother G80 's way.
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14. Christ has made me know that everything in itself is clean. But if a person thinks something is not clean, then to him it is not clean.
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14. I know G1492 , and G2532 am persuaded G3982 by G1722 the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 , that G3754 there is nothing G3762 unclean G2839 of G1223 itself G1438 : but G1508 to him that esteemeth G3049 any thing G5100 to be G1511 unclean G2839 , to him G1565 it is unclean G2839 .
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15. If your Christian brother is hurt because of some foods you eat, then you are no longer living by love. Do not destroy the man for whom Christ died by the food you eat.
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15. But G1161 if G1487 thy G4675 brother G80 be grieved G3076 with G1223 thy meat G1033 , now walkest thou not G3765 G4043 charitably G2596 G26 . Destroy G622 not G3361 him G1565 with thy G4675 meat G1033 , for G5228 whom G3739 Christ G5547 died G599 .
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16. Do not let what is good for you be talked about as bad.
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16. Let not G3361 then G3767 your G5216 good G18 be evil spoken of G987 :
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17. For the holy nation of God is not food and drink. It is being right with God. It is peace and joy given by the Holy Spirit.
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17. For G1063 the G3588 kingdom G932 of God G2316 is G2076 not G3756 meat G1035 and G2532 drink G4213 ; but G235 righteousness G1343 , and G2532 peace G1515 , and G2532 joy G5479 in G1722 the Holy G40 Ghost G4151 .
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18. If you follow Christ in these things, God will be happy with you. Men will think well of you also.
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18. For G1063 he that in G1722 these things G5125 serveth G1398 Christ G5547 is acceptable G2101 to God G2316 , and G2532 approved G1384 of men G444 .
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19. Work for the things that make peace and help each other become stronger Christians.
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19. G686 Let us therefore follow after G1377 G3767 the things G3588 which make for peace G1515 , and G2532 things G3588 wherewith one may edify G3619 G1519 another G240 .
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20. Do not destroy what God has done just because of some food. All food is good to eat. But it is wrong to eat anything that will make someone fall into sin.
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20. For G1752 meat G1033 destroy G2647 not G3361 the G3588 work G2041 of God G2316 . All things G3956 indeed G3303 are pure G2513 ; but G235 it is evil G2556 for that man G444 who eateth G2068 with G1223 offense G4348 .
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21. Do not eat meat or drink wine or do anything else if it would make your Christian brother fall into sin.
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21. It is good G2570 neither G3361 to eat G5315 flesh G2907 , nor G3366 to drink G4095 wine G3631 , nor G3366 any thing whereby G1722 G3739 thy G4675 brother G80 stumbleth G4350 , or G2228 is offended G4624 , or G2228 is made weak G770 .
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22. Keep the faith you have between yourself and God. A man is happy if he knows he is doing right.
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22. Hast G2192 thou G4771 faith G4102 ? have G2192 it to G2596 thyself G4572 before G1799 God G2316 . Happy G3107 is he that condemneth G2919 not G3361 himself G1438 in G1722 that thing which G3739 he alloweth G1381 .
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23. But if he has doubts about the food he eats, God says he is guilty when he eats it. It is because he is eating without faith. Anything that is not done in faith is sin.
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23. And G1161 he that doubteth G1252 is damned G2632 if G1437 he eat G5315 , because G3754 he eateth not G3756 of G1537 faith G4102 : for G1161 whatsoever G3956 G3739 is not G3756 of G1537 faith G4102 is G2076 sin G266 .
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