Do All to the Glory of God
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m "All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
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n Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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o Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
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For p "the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof."
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If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, q eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
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But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience -
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I do not mean r your conscience, but his. For s why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?
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If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that t for which I give thanks?
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So, whether you eat or drink, or u whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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v Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to w the church of God,
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just as x I try to please everyone in everything I do, y not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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z Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:12
All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything.
1 Corinthians 8:9
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:33
Just as I try to please everyone in everything ...
1 Corinthians 13:5
Or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it ...
Philippians 2:21
For they all seek their own interests, not thos...
1 Corinthians 9:23
I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I ...
2 Corinthians 12:14
Here for the third time I am ready to come to y...
Romans 15:1
We who are strong have an obligation to bear wi...
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 8:7
However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
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Cross References
Psalms 24:1
The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness there...
Exodus 9:29
Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out ...
Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice...
Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and ...
Job 41:11
Who has first given to me, that I should repay ...
Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the...
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Cross References
Psalms 24:1
The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
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Cross References
Luke 10:8
Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 8:9 - 12
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
Romans 14:16
So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.
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Cross References
Romans 14:6
The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
1 Timothy 4:3 - 4
Who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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Cross References
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies - in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
Romans 14:13
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
2 Corinthians 6:3
We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:16
If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
Galatians 1:10
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:16
I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
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