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Galatians 5:13
My brothers and sisters, you were chosen to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to live under the power of sin. Instead, serve one another in love.
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Romans 14:20-21
Don’t destroy the work of God because of food. All food is“ clean.” But it’s wrong to eat anything that might cause problems for someone else’s faith.Don’t eat meat if it causes your brother or sister to sin. Don’t drink wine or do anything else that will make them sin.
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2 Peter 2 19
They promise to give freedom to these new believers. But they themselves are slaves to sinful living. That’s because“ people are slaves to anything that controls them.”
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Romans 14:1-2
Accept the person whose faith is weak. Don’t argue with them where you have differences of opinion.One person’s faith allows them to eat anything. But another person eats only vegetables because their faith is weak.
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1 Peter 2 16
Live as free people. But don’t use your freedom to cover up evil. Live as people who are God’s slaves.
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Romans 14:13-15
Let us stop judging one another. Instead, decide not to put anything in the way of a brother or sister. Don’t put anything in their way that would make them trip and fall.I am absolutely sure that nothing is“ unclean” in itself. The Lord Jesus has convinced me of this. But someone may consider a thing to be“ unclean.” If they do, it is“ unclean” for them.Your brother or sister may be upset by what you eat. If they are, you are no longer acting as though you love them. So don’t destroy them by what you eat. Remember that Christ died for them.
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1 Corinthians 8 10
Suppose you, with all your knowledge, are eating in a temple of one of those gods. And suppose someone who has a weak sense of what is right and wrong sees you. Won’t that person become bold and eat what is sacrificed to statues of gods?
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1 Corinthians 10 24
No one should look out for their own interests. Instead, they should look out for the interests of others.
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1 Corinthians 10 32
Don’t do anything that causes another person to trip and fall. It doesn’t matter if that person is a Jew or a Greek or a member of God’s church.
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1 Corinthians 9 22
To those who are weak I became weak. That was to win the weak. I have become all things to all people. I have done this so that in all possible ways I might save some.
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1 Corinthians 8 12
Suppose you sin against them in this way. Then you harm their weak sense of what is right and wrong. By doing this, you sin against Christ.
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Romans 15:1
We who have strong faith should help the weak with their problems. We should not please only ourselves.
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1 Corinthians 10 29
I’m talking about the other person’s sense of what is right and wrong, not yours. Why is my freedom being judged by what someone else thinks?
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Leviticus 19:14
“‘ Do not ask for bad things to happen to deaf people. Do not put anything in front of blind people that will make them trip. Instead, have respect for me. I am the Lord your God.
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Revelation 2:14
‘ But I have a few things against you. Some of your people follow the teaching of Balaam. He taught Balak to lead the people of Israel into sin. So they ate food that had been offered to statues of gods. And they committed sexual sins.
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2 Corinthians 11 21
I’m ashamed to have to say that I was too weak for that! Whatever anyone else dares to brag about, I also dare to brag about. I’m speaking like a fool!
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Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the hands of those who are weak. Help those whose knees give way.
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Isaiah 57:14
A messenger says,“ Build up the road! Build it up! Get it ready! Remove anything that would keep my people from coming back.”
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Ezekiel 14:3
“ Son of man, these men have thought about nothing but other gods. They have fallen into the evil trap of worshiping them. Should I let these men ask me for any advice?
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Ezekiel 44:12
But these Levites served the people of Israel. They served while the Israelites were worshiping the statues of their gods. They made the people fall into sin. So I raised my hand and made a promise. I warned them that I would punish them because of their sin,” announces the Lord and King.
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Matthew 18:10
“ See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones. Here is what I tell you. Their angels in heaven are always with my Father who is in heaven.
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Luke 17:1-2
Jesus spoke to his disciples.“ Things that make people sin are sure to come,” he said.“ But how terrible it will be for anyone who causes those things to come!Suppose people lead one of these little ones to sin. It would be better for those people to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck.
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Matthew 18:6-7
“ What if someone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin? If they do, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and be drowned at the bottom of the sea.How terrible it will be for the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Things like that must come. But how terrible for the person who causes them!