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for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you view your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

For it is written,"As I live, says the Lord, to Me every knee shall bow,And every tongue shall confess to God."

For if because of food your brother is grieved, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be slandered;

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

For he who in this way serves Christ is pleasing to God and approved by men.

So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.

Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.

Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his building up.

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me."

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through the perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers,

and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written,"Therefore I will give praise to You among the Gentiles,And I will sing to Your name."

for me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

For I will not be bold to speak of anything except what Christ has brought about through me, leading to the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you;

but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to you