Romans 14 Cross References - Living_Oracles

¹ Receive him who is weak in the faith, without regard to differences of opinions. ² One, indeed, believes he may eat everything; but he who is weak eats herbs only. ³ Let not him who eats, despise him who eats not; and let not him who eats not, condemn him who eats: for God has received him. ⁴ Who are you that condemn another man's servant? By his own master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. ⁵ One, indeed, thinks one day more holy than another: but another thinks every day alike. Let every one be convinced in his own mind. ⁶ He who observes the day, observe it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day to the Lord, does not observe it: he who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. ⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. ⁸ But whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. ⁹ For to this end, Christ both dies and rose, and lives again, that he might rule over both the dead and the living. ¹⁰ But you, why do you condemn your brother? and you, also, why do you despise your brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment seat of Christ. ¹¹ For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, surely every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." ¹² Well, then, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. ¹³ Let us, therefore, no more judge one another; but let us decide, rather, not to lay an occasion of stumbling before a brother, or a cause of falling. ¹⁴ I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; yet, to him who accounts anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean. ¹⁵ Now, if your brother be hurt through your meat, you no longer walk as love requires. Do not destroy him with your meat for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Let not your good, then, be an evil spoken of. ¹⁷ For the Reign of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace, and joy, in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ And he who, by these things, serves Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved by men. ¹⁹ Well, then, let us strive after peace, and mutual edification. ²⁰ Do not, for the sake of meat, destroy the work of God. All meats, indeed, are clean; but that meat is hurtful to the man who eats to occasion stumbling. ²¹ It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything by which your brother is made to stumble, or to fall, or is weakened. ²² You have faith: keep it to yourself, in the sight of God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. ²³ For he who discerns a difference, between meats is condemned, if he eat; because he eats not from faith: for what is not from faith is sin.

² Reform, for the Reign of Heaven approaches.

⁹ Happy the peace-makers; for they shall be called sons of God!

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness required by him; and all these things shall be superadded to you.

¹ Judge not, that you be not judged;

¹ Judge not, that you be not judged; ² for as you judge, you shall be judged; and the measure which you give, the same you shall receive.

¹⁴ Then John's disciples addressing him, said, We and the Pharisees often fast: why do your disciples never fast?

³² Whoever, therefore, shall acknowledge me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father, who is in heaven.

⁴⁰ He that receives you, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him who sent me, receives him who sent me. ⁴¹ He that receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, shall obtain a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward: ⁴² and whosoever shall give one of these little ones, because he is my disciple, a single cup of cold water to drink; indeed, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

¹⁸ For John came abstaining from meat and drink, and they say, He has a demon; ¹⁹ the Son of Man came using meat and drink, and they say, He is a lover of banquets and wine, a companion of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

²⁰ A bruised reed he will not break; and a dimly burning taper he will not quench, till he render his laws victorious.

³⁶ Be assured, however, that of every pernicious word which men shall utter, they shall give an account on the day of judgment.

¹⁹ Then having commanded the people to recline upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking toward heaven, blessed them; then breaking the loaves, he gave them to the disciples, and they distributed them among the people.

³¹ Jesus instantly stretching out his hand, caught him; and said to him, Distrustful man, wherefore did you doubt?

¹¹ It is not what goes into the mouth pollutes the man; but it is what proceeds out of the mouth, that pollutes the man.

³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fishes, which, having given thanks, he divided and gave to his disciples, who distributed them among the people.

²³ But he turning, said to Peter, Get you thence, adversary, you are an obstacle in my way; for you relish not the things of God, but the things of men.

²⁷ For the Son of Man, vested with his Father's glory, shall come hereafter with his heavenly messengers, and recompense every one according to his actions.

⁵ Nay, whosoever receives one such child, in my name, receives me: ⁶ but whosoever shall ensnare any of these little ones, who believe in me, it were better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were sunk in the ocean.

⁶ but whosoever shall ensnare any of these little ones, who believe in me, it were better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were sunk in the ocean. ⁷ Alas for the world because of snares! Snares indeed there must be; nevertheless, alas for the ensnarer!

⁷ Alas for the world because of snares! Snares indeed there must be; nevertheless, alas for the ensnarer! ⁸ Wherefore, if your hand or foot ensnare you, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter lame or maimed into life, than having two hands or feet to be cast into the everlasting fire. ⁹ And if your eye ensnare you, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter one-eyed into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. ¹⁰ Beware of contemning any of these little ones; for I assure you, that in heaven, their angels continually behold the face of my heavenly Father:

¹⁰ Beware of contemning any of these little ones; for I assure you, that in heaven, their angels continually behold the face of my heavenly Father:

²³ In this the Administration of Heaven resembles a king, who determined to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ Having begun to reckon, one was brought, who owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵ But that servant not having the means to pay; his master, to obtain payment, commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had should be sold. ²⁶ Then the servant, throwing himself prostrate before his master, cried, Have patience with me, my lord, and I will pay the whole. ²⁷ And his master had compassion upon him, and dismissed him, remitting the debt. ²⁸ But this servant, as he went out, meeting one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denarii, seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. ²⁹ His fellow-servant, falling down, besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you. ³⁰ And he would not, but instantly caused him to be imprisoned, until he should discharge the debt. ³¹ His fellow-servants seeing this, were deeply affected, and went, and informed their master of all that had passed. ³² Then his master, having given orders to call him, said to him, You wicked servant: all that debt I forgave you, because you besought me. ³³ Ought not you to have shown such pity to your fellow-servant, as I showed to you? ³⁴ So his master, being provoked, delivered him to the jailors, to remain in their hands until he should clear the debt. ³⁵ Thus will my heavenly Father treat every one of you, who forgives not, from his heart, his brother.

³¹ Now when the Son of Man shall come in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, and shall be seated on his glorious throne; ³² then shall all the nations be assembled before him; and out of them he will separate the good from the bad, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

¹⁸ Jesus came near, and said to them, All authority is given to me in heaven and upon the earth;

⁵⁷ and why do you not, even of yourselves, discern what is just?

²³ But every one in his own rank: Christ the first fruit; they that are Christ's, afterward, at his coming.

¹³ For you, brethren, have been called into liberty; only use not this liberty for an occasion to the flesh; but through love, assiduously serve one another.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, fidelity,

¹ Also, brethren, if a man be surprised into any fault, you, the spiritual men, set such a one right again in the spirit of meekness; taking a view of yourself, lest even you be tempted.

⁵ For every one shall bear his own burden.

¹⁵ For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but a new creature. ¹⁶ Now as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and on the Israel of God.

²⁰ But what praise is due, if, when you commit faults and are buffeted, you bear it patiently? Yet if, when you do well, and suffer, you bear it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

¹¹ Let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁶ Hold fast a good conscience, that, whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may be put to shame who arraign your good behavior in Christ.

² so that he no longer lives his remaining time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

⁵ who shall give account to him who is prepared to judge the living and the dead.

⁵⁰ Salt is good; but if the salt become tasteless, with what will you season it? Preserve salt in yourselves, and maintain peace with one another.

³⁴ When a man intends to travel, he leaves his household in charge to his servants, assigns to every one his task, and orders the porter to watch.

¹⁵ One of the guests, hearing this, said to him, Happy be he who shall feast in the Reign of God.

² Having, therefore, called him, he said, What is this that I hear of you? Render an account of your management, for you shall be steward no longer.

¹ Then Jesus said to his disciples, It is impossible to exclude snares entirely; but, alas, for him who ensnares! ² It would be more eligible for him to have an upper millstone fastened to his neck, and to be cast into the sea, than to ensnare one of these little ones.

² It would be more eligible for him to have an upper millstone fastened to his neck, and to be cast into the sea, than to ensnare one of these little ones.

²⁰ Being questioned by the Pharisees, when the Reign of God should commence, he answered, The Reign of God is not ushered in with parade; ²¹ nor shall people say, Lo, here! or Lo, yonder! for behold, the Reign of God is within you.

⁹ Then addressing some who were conceited of themselves, as being righteous, and despised others, he proposed this example:-

¹¹ But Herod and his military train despised him: and having, in derision, arrayed him in a splendid robe, remanded him to Pilate.

²⁶ Ought not the Messiah thus to suffer, and so to enter into his glory?

³ Jesus answering, said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a man be born again, he can not discern the Reign of God.

⁵ Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a man be born of water and Spirit, he can not enter the kingdom of God.

²² for the Father judges no person, having committed the power of judging entirely to the Son,

²² for the Father judges no person, having committed the power of judging entirely to the Son, ²³ that all might honor the Son; as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father, who sent him.

²⁷ and has given him even the judicial authority, because he is a Son of Man. ²⁸ Wonder not at this: for the time comes when all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, ²⁹ and shall come forth. They who have done good, shall arise to enjoy life; they who have done evil, shall arise to suffer punishment.

²⁸ They asked him, therefore, What are the works which God requires us to do?

²⁸ Besides, I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any one wrest them out of my hands. ²⁹ My Father, who gave them me, is greater than all; and none can wrest them out of my Father's hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.

²⁶ Would any man serve me? let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant also be. If any man serve me, my Father will reward him.

²⁰ Most assuredly, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him who sent me.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world.

¹⁹ This he spoke, signifying by what death he should glorify God. After these words, he said to him, Follow me.

¹¹ This is the stone which was set at nought by you builders, that is become the head of the corner:

³¹ Then the congregations though all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, being edified, had rest; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the admonition of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.

¹⁴ But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eat anything which is common or unclean. ¹⁵ And the voice said to him again, the second time, Those things which God has cleansed, do not you call common.

¹⁵ And the voice said to him again, the second time, Those things which God has cleansed, do not you call common.

²⁸ And he said to them, You know that it is unlawful for a man that is a Jew to join with, or to come into the house of, one of another nation; nevertheless, God has shown me that I am to call no man common or unclean.

³⁴ Then Peter, opening his mouth, said, Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; ³⁵ but, in every nation, he that fears him, and works of righteousness, is acceptable to him. ³⁶ This is that message which he sent to the children of Israel; proclaiming the glad tidings of peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

⁴² And he has given in charge to us to proclaim to the people, and to testify that it is he who is appointed by God, to be the judge of the living and the dead.

⁴⁴ While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were hearing the word:

⁸ but I said, By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth. ⁹ And the voice answered me the second time from heaven, Those things which God has cleansed, do not you call common.

¹⁷ Since, therefore, God gave to them the same gift as he did to us, who had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I should be able to obstruct God?

³⁶ Now David, having served his own generation according to the will of God; fell asleep, and was gathered to his fathers, and saw corruption.

⁵² But the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.

⁸ And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us: ⁹ and made no distinction between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

³¹ because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world righteously, by that Man whom he has ordained: of which he has given assurance to all men, by raising him from the dead.

²⁴ But I make no account of any of these things, nor do I regard even life itself; so that I may but joyfully finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, even to testify the good news of the favor of God.

¹³ But Paul answered, What do you mean, thus weeping, and breaking my heart? for I am ready, not only to be bound; but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁶ And upon this account, I exercise myself to have always a conscience without offense toward God, and toward men.

¹⁶ In the day when God will judge the hidden things of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

¹⁹ And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body now dead, being about a hundred years old; neither the deadness of Sarah's womb.

¹ Wherefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ- ² through whom we have had introduction, also, by faith, into this favor in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God: ³ and not only so, but we rejoice even in afflictions; knowing that affliction produces patience; ⁴ and patience, approbation; and approbation, hope. ⁵ And this hope makes not ashamed: because the love of God is diffused in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, that is given us.

²² But now, being set free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness: and the end, everlasting life.

¹⁵ For that which I do, I do not approve; since it is not what I desire that I do: but I do that which I hate.

²⁴ Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from this body of death?

⁶ But the mind of the flesh is death; and the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

¹⁵ For you have not received the spirit of bondage, again, to fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father. ¹⁶ Also this spirit bears witness, together with our spirit, that we are children of God.

³¹ What shall we say, then, to these things? Since God is for us, who can be against us? ³² He, certainly, who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all; how will he not, with him, also, graciously give us all things? ³³ Who will bring an accusation against the elect of God? Is it God who justifies them? ³⁴ Who is he, who condemns them? It is Christ, who died; or rather, who has risen: who also, is at the right hand of God; and who makes intercession for us? ³⁵ Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "Truly, for thy sake, we are put to death all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." ³⁷ Nay, in all these things, we do more than overcome, through him who has loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life; neither angels, nor principalities; nor powers; neither things present, nor to come; ³⁹ neither height, nor depth; nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²⁰ Nay, but, O man, who are you, who reply against God? Shall the thing formed, say to him who formed it, Why have you made me thus?

³² Why? Because they sought it not by faith; but, as it were, by works of law: for they stumbled, at the stone of stumbling. ³³ As it is written, "Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whosoever believes on it, shall not be ashamed."

⁹ that if you will openly confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and believe with your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

⁹ And David says, "Let their table be for a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense to them.

²³ And even they, if they continued not in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

¹ Wherefore, brethren, I beseech you, by the tender mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind; that you may approve the will of God, which is good, and acceptable, and perfect.

¹¹ In business, be not slothful. Be fervent in spirit- constant in serving the Lord.

¹⁷ To no one return evil for evil. Seek after things honorable in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ What relates to you is, live in peace with all men, if possible.

² Wherefore, he who sets himself in opposition to the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they who resist shall procure punishment to themselves.

¹⁰ Love works no evil to one's neighbor: therefore, love the fulfilling of the law.

² One, indeed, believes he may eat everything; but he who is weak eats herbs only. ³ Let not him who eats, despise him who eats not; and let not him who eats not, condemn him who eats: for God has received him.

³ Let not him who eats, despise him who eats not; and let not him who eats not, condemn him who eats: for God has received him. ⁴ Who are you that condemn another man's servant? By his own master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

⁴ Who are you that condemn another man's servant? By his own master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. ⁵ One, indeed, thinks one day more holy than another: but another thinks every day alike. Let every one be convinced in his own mind.

⁹ For to this end, Christ both dies and rose, and lives again, that he might rule over both the dead and the living. ¹⁰ But you, why do you condemn your brother? and you, also, why do you despise your brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment seat of Christ.

¹³ Let us, therefore, no more judge one another; but let us decide, rather, not to lay an occasion of stumbling before a brother, or a cause of falling. ¹⁴ I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; yet, to him who accounts anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean.

¹⁴ I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; yet, to him who accounts anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean. ¹⁵ Now, if your brother be hurt through your meat, you no longer walk as love requires. Do not destroy him with your meat for whom Christ died.

¹⁵ Now, if your brother be hurt through your meat, you no longer walk as love requires. Do not destroy him with your meat for whom Christ died.

¹⁷ For the Reign of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace, and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ Do not, for the sake of meat, destroy the work of God. All meats, indeed, are clean; but that meat is hurtful to the man who eats to occasion stumbling. ²¹ It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything by which your brother is made to stumble, or to fall, or is weakened. ²² You have faith: keep it to yourself, in the sight of God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. ²³ For he who discerns a difference, between meats is condemned, if he eat; because he eats not from faith: for what is not from faith is sin.

²³ For he who discerns a difference, between meats is condemned, if he eat; because he eats not from faith: for what is not from faith is sin.

¹ We, then, who are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

¹ We, then, who are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ² Wherefore, let every one of us please his neighbor, as far as it is good for edification.

² Wherefore, let every one of us please his neighbor, as far as it is good for edification.

⁷ Wherefore, cordially receive one another; even as Christ also has received us to the glory of God.

⁹ and that the Gentiles might praise God on account of mercy: as it is written, "For this cause I will glorify thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name."

¹³ Now, may the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace, in believing; in order that you may abound in that hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ Now, I beseech you, brethren, mark them who make separations and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them. ¹⁸ For they who are such, do not serve out Lord Jesus, but their own belly; and by flattery and fair speeches, deceive the hearts of the simple.

²⁵ Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, concealed in the times of the ages,

³⁰ Of him, therefore, you are in Christ Jesus, who is become to us wisdom from God, justification, also, and sanctification, and redemption.

¹ Now, I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly men, even as to babes in Christ. ² Milk I gave you-not meat; for you were not then able to receive it: nay, neither yet now are you able, because you are still fleshly.

²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come-all are yours; ²³ and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

⁴ For I am conscious to myself of no fault. However, I am not by this justified; but he who judges me is the Lord. ⁵ Wherefore, do not, before the time, pass any judgment, till the Lord come; who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and lay open the counsels of the hearts; and then praise shall be to every one from God.

⁵ Wherefore, do not, before the time, pass any judgment, till the Lord come; who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and lay open the counsels of the hearts; and then praise shall be to every one from God.

²⁰ For the Reign of God is not in word, but in power.

⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites,

¹² All meats are lawful for me to eat, but all are not proper: all meats are lawful for me to eat; but I will not be enslaved by any meat. ¹³ Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; however, God will destroy both it and them. Now, the body was not made for uncleanness, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body:

¹⁹ What! do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God? ²⁰ Besides, you are not your own; for you are bought with a price: therefore, with your body glorify God.

¹⁵ But if the infidel depart, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not in bondage with such; but God has called us to peace.

²² For a bondman, who is called by the Lord, is the Lord's freedman. In like manner, also, a freedman who is called, is Christ's bondman.

¹ Now, concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

⁷ However, this knowledge is not in all: for some, till this hour, in the conscience of the idol, eat it, as a thing sacrificed to the idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

⁷ However, this knowledge is not in all: for some, till this hour, in the conscience of the idol, eat it, as a thing sacrificed to the idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. ⁸ But meat does not recommend us to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse.

⁸ But meat does not recommend us to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse. ⁹ Nevertheless, take heed, lest, perhaps, this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if any one see you, who have knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak, be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols?

¹⁰ For if any one see you, who have knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak, be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols? ¹¹ and through this, your knowledge, shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

¹¹ and through this, your knowledge, shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

¹¹ and through this, your knowledge, shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? ¹² And, by thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience, you sin against Christ.

¹² And, by thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience, you sin against Christ. ¹³ Wherefore, if meat make my brother stumble, I will never eat flesh, lest I make my brother stumble.

¹³ Wherefore, if meat make my brother stumble, I will never eat flesh, lest I make my brother stumble.

²² To the weak, I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. To all, I have become all things, that, by all means, I might same some.

²⁵ Whatever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question on account of conscience;

²⁹ Now, I say conscience, not your own, but that of the other. But why is my liberty judged by another's conscience? ³⁰ But if, by favor, I be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?

³⁰ But if, by favor, I be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks? ³¹ Whether, then, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

³¹ Whether, then, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Be no occasion of stumbling; neither to the Jews, nor to the Greeks, nor to the congregation of God.

³² Be no occasion of stumbling; neither to the Jews, nor to the Greeks, nor to the congregation of God. ³³ Even as I please all men in all things; not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

³³ Even as I please all men in all things; not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

¹³ Judge in yourselves, is it decent that a woman pray to God unveiled?

²⁹ For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body of the Lord. ³⁰ For this cause, many among you are weak and sick, and a considerable number are fallen asleep. ³¹ But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

¹ Though I could speak with the tongues of men, of angels, but have not love, I become as sounding brass, or a noisy cymbal.

⁴ Love suffers long, and is kind. Love envies not. Love does not vaunt; is not puffed up; ⁵ does not behave itself unbecomingly; does not seek its own things; is not exasperated; does not imagine evil;

¹² Wherefore, you, also, since you are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, seek them, that you may abound for the edification of the congregation. ¹³ For which cause, let him who prays in a foreign language, pray that he may interpret. ¹⁴ For if I pray in a foreign language, my spirit prays; but my understanding is unfruitful. ¹⁵ What, then, is to be done? I will pray with the Spirit, but I will pray also with understanding: I will sing with the Spirit; but I will sing also with understanding. ¹⁶ Else, when you shall bless with the spirit, how shall he who fills up the place of the unlearned, say the Amen to your thanksgiving, since he knows not what you say? ¹⁷ For you, indeed, give thanks well; but the other is not edified.

²⁶ What is it, then, brethren? When you are come together, each of you has a psalm, has a discourse, has a foreign language, has a revelation, has an interpretation! Let all things be done to edification.

¹² For this is our glorying-the testimony of our conscience, that with godly simplicity and sincerity, (not with fleshly wisdom, but by the favor of God,) we have behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly among you.

² but have commanded away the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in the body, according to what has been done, whether good or evil. ¹¹ Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; and are made manifest to God: and, I trust, are made manifest also to your consciences.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constrains us, having judged thus- that if one has died, certainly all have died; ¹⁵ and that he has died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who has died and rose again for them.

²¹ For he has made him, who knew no sin, a sin-offering for us; that we might become the justified of God, by him.

³ giving no cause of offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed. ⁴ But by everything approving ourselves as ministers of God, by much patience, by oppressions, by necessities, by distresses,

²⁰ using this precaution, that none may blame us in the distribution of this abundance; ²¹ premeditating things comely, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in sight of men.

²¹ premeditating things comely, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in sight of men.

¹⁹ Again, do you think that we apologize to you? In the presence of God we speak in Christ, that all these things, beloved, are done for your edification.

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell: be perfect: comfort yourselves: mind the same thing: live in peace: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹² For, before certain persons came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles; but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, being afraid of them of the circumcision.

¹⁹ Besides, I, through law, have died to law, that I might live to God. ²⁰ I am crucified together with Christ. Nevertheless, I live; yet not longer I, but Christ lives in me: for the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith which is of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

⁹ But now, having acknowledged God, (or rather, being acknowledged by God,) why do you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which again, a second time, you incline to be in bondage? ¹⁰ You carefully observe days and moons, and seasons and years.

¹⁰ You carefully observe days and moons, and seasons and years.

²⁰ which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places; ²¹ far above all government, and power, and might, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come; ²² and subjected all things under his feet, and appointed him head over all things to the congregation, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all;

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, for which God before prepared us, that we should walk in them.

³ earnestly endeavoring to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body, and one Spirit; as also you have been called with one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one immersion; ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all, and with all, and in you all. ⁷ But to every one of us is given favor, according to the measure of the gift of Christ;

²⁹ Let no corrupt discourse come out of your mouth; but if any speech be good for the use of edification, speak it, that it may impart a benefit to the hearers.

² and walk in love, even as Christ has loved us, and has given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet smelling savor.

⁶ having this very confidence, that he who has begun a good work among you, will continue to perfect it till the day of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and inoffensive till the day of Christ;

²⁰ that agreeably to my earnest expectation and hope, in nothing I shall be ashamed; but that with all boldness, as at all times, so now, also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

²⁰ that agreeably to my earnest expectation and hope, in nothing I shall be ashamed; but that with all boldness, as at all times, so now, also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But whether to live in the flesh would be to my advantage; or what to choose, I do not know: ²³ for I am in a strait between the two, having a strong desire to depart and be with Christ, which is by far the better. ²⁴ Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

¹ Wherefore, if there be any consolation in Christ; if any comfort of love; if any fellowship of the Spirit; if any sympathies and tender mercies,

¹ Wherefore, if there be any consolation in Christ; if any comfort of love; if any fellowship of the Spirit; if any sympathies and tender mercies, ² complete this my joy, that you be likeminded; having the very same love, being unanimous, minding the one thing. ³ Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but, in humbleness of mind esteem each other better that yourselves: ⁴ not aiming every one at his own interests, but every one also, at the interests of the others.

⁹ And for this reason, God has exceedingly exalted him, and has bestowed on him a name which is above every name; ¹⁰ that, at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow; of those in heaven, and upon the earth, and under the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹⁷ Yes, and if I be made a drink-offering upon the sacrifice and ministry of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all;

²⁹ Receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and have such persons in great estimation; ³⁰ because for the work of Christ, he drew nigh to death, not regarding his life, that he might fully supply the want of your service toward me.

³ for we are the circumcision, who worship God in spirit, who glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

⁹ and be found in him, not having my righteousness by law, but that which is through the faith of Christ-the righteousness which is from God on account of this faith)-

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always: I say again, Rejoice.

⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus.

¹⁸ But I have received all, and abound; I have been fully supplied, having received by Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a fragrant odor, a sacrifice accepted; well pleasing to God.

¹¹ being strengthened with all strength, according to his glorious power, to all patience and long-suffering with joy:

¹⁶ Let no one, therefore, judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a festival, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths; ¹⁷ which are a shadow of the things which were to come, but the substance is of Christ.

¹² Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering. ¹³ Bear with one another, and forgive each other, if any one have a complaint against any one: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. ¹⁴ And over all these put on love, which is a bond of perfection. ¹⁵ And let the peace of God rule in your hearts; to which also you are called in one body, and be thankful.

²⁴ knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the recompense for the inheritance; for you serve the Lord.

³ incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God, even our Father; ⁴ knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election:

⁶ And you became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having embraced the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit.

¹² and testifying that you should walk worthy of God, who has called you to his kingdom of glory.

¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again; so, also, them who sleep, will God, through Jesus, bring with him. ¹⁵ Besides, this we affirm to you, by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain at the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate them who are asleep: ¹⁶ for the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the Arch Angel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first; ¹⁷ afterward we, the living, who remain, shall, at the same time with them, be instantly taken up in clouds, to join the Lord in the air; and so we shall be for ever with the Lord. ¹⁸ Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.

¹⁰ Wherefore, comfort one another, and edify each other, even as also you do. ¹¹ Wherefore, comfort one another, and edify each other, even as also you do. ¹² Now, we beseech you, brethren, to acknowledge them who labor among you, and who preside over you in the Lord, and instruct you;

²² Abstain from all appearance of evil.

⁴ nor to give heed to fables, and endless genealogies, which occasion disputes rather than godly edification, which is through faith;

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

³ who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, who thoroughly know the truth;- ⁴ that every creature of God is good, being received with thanksgiving, and nothing is to be rejected;

⁴ that every creature of God is good, being received with thanksgiving, and nothing is to be rejected; ⁵ for it is sanctified, by the word of God, and by prayer.

⁴ but if any widow have children, or grandchildren, let these learn first piously to take care of their own family, and then to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

¹⁴ I would, therefore, have young widows to marry, to bear children, to govern the house, to give no occasion to the adversary for reproach;

²² Flee, therefore, youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with them who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

¹ I charge you, in the presence of God, and of Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead, at his appearing in his kingdom:

¹⁵ To the pure, all meats are pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving, nothing is pure; for both their understanding and conscience are polluted.

¹¹ For the favor of God, which brings salvation, has appeared to all men; ¹² teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world- ¹³ expecting the blessed hope; namely, the appearing of the glory of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ; ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

²⁵ Hence, also, he is for able to save them who come to God through him; always living to make intercession for them.

¹⁰ only with meats and drinks, and divers immersions- ordinances concerning the flesh, imposed till the time of reformation.

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he who comes to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him.

² looking to Jesus, the leader and perfecter of the faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹³ And make smooth paths for your feet, that that which is lame, may not be put out of joint, but that it may rather be healed. ¹⁴ Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which, no one shall see the Lord:

⁹ Be not tossed about with various and foreign doctrines; for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by meats, by which they have not profited, who have been taken up with them.

⁴ are you not, then, partial among yourselves, and have become judges who reason wickedly?

¹⁸ Also, one may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ¹⁹ You believe that there is one God; you do well: even the demons believe and tremble. ²⁰ Besides, would you know, O vain man, that faith, without works, is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had lifted up Isaac, his son, upon the altar? ²² You see that his faith co-operated with his works, and by works his faith was perfected. ²³ And so that scripture was fulfilled, which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God." ²⁴ You see, that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. ²⁵ And in like manner, also, was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, having secretly received the messengers, and having sent them away by another road. ²⁶ For, as the body, without the spirit, is dead, so, also, faith, without works, is dead.

¹³ Is any one wise and intelligent among you? let him show, by good behavior, his works, with meekness of wisdom.

¹³ Is any one wise and intelligent among you? let him show, by good behavior, his works, with meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter anger and strife in your heart, do you not boast and lie against the truth? ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom which comes from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish: ¹⁶ for where there is anger and strife, there is disorder, and every evil work. ¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is, indeed, first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be persuaded, full of compassion and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, by them who practice peace.

¹¹ He who speaks against his brother, and condemns his brother, speaks against the law, and condemns the law. But if you condemn the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

¹¹ He who speaks against his brother, and condemns his brother, speaks against the law, and condemns the law. But if you condemn the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. ¹² There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy. Who are you, that condemn another?

⁵ who, by the power of God, are guarded through faith, to the salvation prepared to be revealed in the last time.

⁸ whom, not having seen, you love; on whom, not now looking, but believing, you greatly rejoice, with joy unspeakable and full of glory-

²¹ who through him, believe in God, who raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

⁵ you, also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual temple, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, most acceptable to God, through Jesus Christ.

¹ Symeon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them who have obtained like precious faith with us, through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

¹ But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you; who will privately introduce destructive sects, denying even the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. ² And he is a propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

¹⁰ He who loves his brother, abides in the light, and there is no stumbling block to him.

¹⁹ For by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. ²⁰ But if our heart condemn us, certainly God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart do not condemn us, we have confidence with God.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart do not condemn us, we have confidence with God.

¹⁵ Whoever will confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

⁷ for many deceivers are entered into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ did come in the flesh. This is the deceiver, and the antichrist.

¹⁰ If any one come to you, and bring not this doctrine; receive him not into your house, nor wish him success:

⁸ We, therefore, ought to entertain such, that we may be joint laborers in the truth. ⁹ I wrote to the congregation: but Diotrephes, who affects a pre-eminence among them, does not receive us. ¹⁰ For this cause, when I come, I will bring his deeds to remembrance, which he practices-prating against us with malicious words; and, not content with this, he does not himself receive the brethren, and forbids them who would, and casts them out of the congregation.

¹⁴ Now, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, indeed, concerning these men; saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with his myriads of holy angels, ¹⁵ to pass sentence on all, and to convict all the ungodly among them, of all their deeds of ungodliness; which they have impiously committed; and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

²⁴ Now to him who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory, with exceeding joy;

¹⁸ I am he who lives and was dead; and behold, I am living for ever and ever; and I have the keys of the unseen world, and of death.

⁸ And by the messenger of the congregation in Smyrna, write: These things, says the First and the Last, who was dead, and is alive:

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have a few things against you, that you have there, them who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

¹⁴ And the four living creatures said, Amen: and the elders fell down and worshiped him.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write: Henceforth blessed are the dead that die in the Lord; yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them!

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face earth and heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every one according to his works. ¹⁴ And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire: this is the second death. ¹⁵ And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.