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1 Corinthians 8:13

James Moffatt - New Testament

Therefore if food is any hindrance to my brother's welfare, sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!

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the right course is to abstain from flesh or wine or indeed anything that your brother feels to be a stumbling-block.

Who is weak, and I do not feel his weakness? Whose faith is hurt, and I am not aglow with indignation?

I put no obstacle in the path of any, so that my ministry may not be discredited;

is never rude, never selfish, never irritated, never resentful;

'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but not all are good for me. 'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but I am not going to let anything master me.

Such is my own rule, to satisfy all men in all points, aiming not at my own advantage but at the advantage of the greater number — at their salvation.

If others share this right over you, why not we all the more? We did not avail ourselves of it, you say? No, we do not mind any privations if we can only avoid putting any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

However, not to give any offence to them, go to the sea, throw a hook in, and take the first fish you bring up. Open its mouth and you will find a five-shilling piece; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

So let us stop criticizing one another; rather make up your mind never to put any stumbling-block or hindrance in your brother's way.

Put no stumbling-block in the way of Jews or Greeks or the church of God.




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