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

Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;

for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean.

If your brother is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.

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

Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for any one to make others fall by what he eats;

The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God; happy is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves.

But he who has doubts is condemned, if he eats, because he does not act from faith; for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him.

For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me."

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,

and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore I will praise thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name";

In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has wrought through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed,

But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you,

I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be sped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a little.