The Law of Love

14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus (A)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.(A) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.(B)

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14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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20 (A)Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. (B)All things indeed are pure, (C)but it is evil for the man who eats with [a]offense.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:20 A feeling of giving offense

20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(A) All food is clean,(B) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(C)

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20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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All to the Glory of God(A)

23 All things are lawful [a]for me, but not all things are (B)helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things [b]edify.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:23 NU omits for me
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:23 build up

The Believer’s Freedom

23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(A) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.

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23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

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26 for (A)“the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”

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26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:26 Psalm 24:1

26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

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16 So let no one (A)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [a]festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:16 feast day

Freedom From Human Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(A) by what you eat or drink,(B) or with regard to a religious festival,(C) a New Moon celebration(D) or a Sabbath day.(E)

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16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

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forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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They forbid people to marry(A) and order them to abstain from certain foods,(B) which God created(C) to be received with thanksgiving(D) by those who believe and who know the truth.

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Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;

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For everything God created is good,(A) and nothing is to be rejected(B) if it is received with thanksgiving,

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For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

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