Bible verses about "diversity" | Rotherham

¹⁰ Is there not, one Father, to us all? Did not, one GOD, create us? Wherefore should we deal treacherously one with another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

¹⁶ The same thing, one to another regarding,––not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:

¹⁰ There may happen to be so many kinds of languages in the world, and, not one, unspoken:––

¹² For, just as, the body, is one, and yet hath many members, but, all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so, also, the Christ; ––

¹ Him that is weak in his faith, receive ye,––not for disputing opinions:–– ² One, indeed, hath faith to eat all things, whereas, he that is weak, eateth herbs: ³ Let not, him that eateth, despise him that eateth not, and let not, him that eateth not, judge him that eateth; for, God, hath received him. ⁴ Who art, thou, that judgest another’s domestic? To his own master, he standeth or falleth; he shall, however, be made to stand,––for his master is able to make him stand. ⁵ [For], one, indeed esteemeth one day beyond another, whereas, another, esteemeth every day:––let, each one, in his own mind be fully persuaded. ⁶ He that regardeth the day, unto the Lord, regardeth it,––and, he that eateth, unto the Lord, doth eat, for he giveth thanks unto God; and, he that eateth not, unto the Lord, doth not eat and give God thanks. ⁷ For, none of us, unto himself liveth, and, none, unto himself dieth; ⁸ For both, if we live, unto the Lord, we live, and, if we die, unto the Lord, we die; whether therefore we live, the Lord’s, we are; or whether we die, the Lord’s, we are; ⁹ For, to this end, Christ died and lived, in order that, both of dead and living, he might have lordship. ¹⁰ But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God; ¹¹ For it is written––Living am, I, saith the Lord, unto me, shall bow every knee, and, every tongue, shall openly confess unto God. ¹² Hence, [then], each one of us, of himself shall give account unto God. ¹³ No longer, then, upon one another, let us be sitting in judgment, but, this, judge ye rather––not to be putting a cause of stumbling before your brother or an occasion to fall. ¹⁴ I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus––that, nothing, is profane of itself,––save to him who reckoneth anything to be profane, unto that man, [it is] profane, ¹⁵ If, in fact, because of food, thy brother is being grieved, no longer, by the rule of love, art thou walking:––do not, by thy food, that man, be destroying, on whose behalf Christ died! ¹⁶ Therefore, suffer not to be defamed, your own good thing; ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit; ¹⁸ For, he that in this doeth service unto the Christ, is acceptable unto God, and approved unto men. ¹⁹ Hence, then, the things pertaining to peace, let us pursue, and the things which belong to the upbuilding one of another: ²⁰ Do not, for the sake of food, be throwing down the work of God! All things, indeed, are pure; but, ill, is it for the man who with occasion of stumbling doth eat,–– ²¹ Well, is it not to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor [to do aught] whereby thy brother is caused to stumble. ²² The faith which thou hast, have to thyself before God: happy, he that bringeth not judgment upon himself by that which he approveth; ²³ But, he that is in doubt, if he eat, hath condemned himself,––because, [it was] not of faith, and, everything which is not of faith, is sin.

¹⁵ Though the foot should say––Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, Is it, therefore, not, of the body? ¹⁶ And, though the ear should say––Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, Is it, therefore, not, of the body? ¹⁷ If, the whole body, were, an eye, where were the hearing? If, the whole were, hearing, where were, the smelling? ¹⁸ But, now, hath God set the members, each one of them in the body, even as he pleased. ¹⁹ But, if they all had been one member, Where had been, the body?

¹ My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory. ² For, if there enter into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings in gay clothing, and there enter a destitute man also, in soiled clothing,–– ³ And ye eye him that hath on the gay clothing, and say, Thou, be sitting here, pleasantly,––and, unto the destitute man, say––Thou, stand, or sit there under my footstool, ⁴ Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings? ⁵ Hearken! my brethren beloved:––Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? ⁶ Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice? ⁷ Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
⁸ If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture––Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing; ⁹ But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors! ¹⁰ For, a man who shall keep, the whole law, but shall stumble in one thing, hath become, for all things, liable,–– ¹¹ For, he that hath said––Do not commit adultery, hath also said––Do not commit murder,––now, if thou dost not commit adultery, but dost commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law. ¹² So, be speaking, and, so, doing, as they who, through means of a law of freedom, are about to be judged; ¹³ For, the judgment, [will be] without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.
¹⁴ What profit, my brethren,––if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him? ¹⁵ If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food, ¹⁶ And one from among you should say unto them––Withdraw in peace, be getting warmed and fed, but should not give them the things needful for the body, What the profit? ¹⁷ So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself. ¹⁸ But one will say,––Thou, hast faith, and, I, have works, show me thy faith apart from thy works, and, I, unto thee, will shew, by my works, my faith. ¹⁹ Thou believest that God is, one: thou doest, well––Even the demons believe, and shudder! ²⁰ But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle? ²¹ Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous––when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full–grown,–– ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith––And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God’s friend, was he called: ²⁴ Ye see that––by works, a man is declared righteous, and not by faith alone. ²⁵ And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth? ²⁶ Just as, the body, apart from spirit, is dead, so, our faith also, apart from works, is dead.

¹⁶ Because, in him, were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities,––they all, through him and for him, have been created, ¹⁷ And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;

⁹ After these things, I saw, and lo! a great multitude,––which, to number it! no one was able,––of every nation, and [of all] tribes, and peoples, and tongues; standing before the throne, and before the Lamb; arrayed in white robes, and palm–branches in their hands; ––