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But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.

But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

But now I go to Jerusalem, taking help for the saints.

Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.

But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;

And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.