Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
Romans 14:1 - Revised Standard Version As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AS FOR the man who is a weak believer, welcome him [into your fellowship], but not to criticize his opinions or pass judgment on his scruples or perplex him with discussions. American Standard Version (1901) But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. Common English Bible Welcome the person who is weak in faith—but not in order to argue about differences of opinion. Catholic Public Domain Version But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version NOW him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts. |
Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.
The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
For lo, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for the perishing, or seek the wandering, or heal the maimed, or nourish the sound, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
he will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick, till he brings justice to victory;
Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “O man of little faith, why did you doubt?”
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any one whom I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.”
And the natives showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables.
it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him.
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves;
Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.
If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;