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Romans 14:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So then, let us pursue what promotes peace  and what builds up one another.

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No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need,  so that it gives grace to those who hear.


If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.


Each one of us is to please his neighbour for his good, to build him up.


Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness   #– #without it no one will see the Lord.


Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice.  Become mature, be encouraged,  be of the same mind,  be at peace,  and the God of love  and peace will be with you.


Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavour, how can you season it?   Have salt   among yourselves, and be at peace   with one another.’


Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.


and let him turn away   from evil and do what is good. Let him seek peace   and pursue it,


What then, brothers and sisters? Whenever you come together, each one  has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation.  Everything is to be done for building up.


just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many,  so that they may be saved.


Flee  from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace,  along with those who call on the Lord  from a pure heart.


or to pay attention to myths  and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan,  which operates by faith.


Have you been thinking all along that we were defending ourselves to you? No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.


But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. A brother or a sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you  to live in peace.


Now about food sacrificed to idols:  We know that ‘we all have knowledge’. Knowledge puffs up,  but love  builds up.


‘Everything is permissible’,  but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible’,  but not everything builds up.


On the other hand, the person who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening,  encouragement, and consolation.


The person who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.


I wish all of you spoke in tongues,  but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.


to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,





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