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Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, butnot[a]todoubtfuldisputations.
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Foronebelieveth that he may eat all things:another, who is weak, eatethherbs.
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Letnot him that eatethdespise him that eatethnot;andletnot him which eatethnotjudge him that eateth: forGod hath receivedhim.
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Whoartthou that judgest another man'sservant? to his ownmaster he standethorfalleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: forGodisable to makehimstand.
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Onemanesteemeth one dayaboveanother*: anotheresteemetheveryday alike. Let every man be fully persuaded[b]in his ownmind.
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He that regardeth[c] the day,regardeth it unto the Lord;and he that regardethnot the day, to the Lord he dothnotregard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord,for he giveth Godthanks; and he that eatethnot, to the Lord he eatethnot,and giveth Godthanks.
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Fornone of usliveth to himself,and no mandieth to himself.
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Forwhetherwelive, we live unto the Lord; and whetherwedie, we die unto the Lord:whetherwelivetherefore,or*die, we are the Lord's.
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Fortothis end Christbothdied, androse, andrevived, that he might be Lordboth of the deadandliving.
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Butwhydostthoujudgethybrother?or*whydostthou set at noughtthybrother?for we shallall stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
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For it is written, As Ilive, saith the Lord*, everyknee shall bow to me,andeverytongue shall confess to God.
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Sothen every one of us shall giveaccountofhimself to God.
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Let us not thereforejudge one another any more:butjudgethisrather, that no manput a stumblingblockor an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
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I know, and am persuadedby the LordJesus,that there is nothingunclean[d]ofitself:but to him that esteemeth any thing to beunclean, to him it is unclean.
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Butifthybrother be grievedwith thy meat,now walkest thounotcharitably*.[e]Destroynothim with thymeat,forwhomChristdied.