Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his scruples.
We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.
to the weak I have become as weak myself, to win over the weak. To all men I have become all things, to save some by all and every means.
Welcome one another, then, as Christ has welcomed yourselves, for the glory of God.
the right course is to abstain from flesh or wine or indeed anything that your brother feels to be a stumbling-block.
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not admit him to the house — do not even greet him,
His faith never quailed, even when he noted the utter impotence of his own body (for he was about a hundred years old) or the impotence of Sara's womb;
it would be well for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be flung into the sea, rather than prove a hindrance to one of these little ones!
Jesus at once stretched his hand out and caught him, saying, "How little you trust me! Why did you doubt?"
He will not break the bruised reed, he will not put out the smouldering flax, till he carries religion to victory:
Give him a welcome in the Lord, then, with your hearts full of joy. Value men like that,
(Truly, truly I tell you, he who receives anyone I send receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.)"
See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.
It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean).
The natives showed us uncommon kindness, for they lit a fire and welcomed us all to it, as the rain had come on and it was chilly.
For if their exclusion means that the world is reconciled to God, what will their admission mean? Why, it will be life from the dead!
While one man has enough confidence to eat any food, the man of weak faith only eats vegetables.
The eater must not look down upon the non-eater, and the non-eater must not criticize the eater, for God has welcomed him.
We beseech you, brothers, keep a check upon loafers, encourage the faint-hearted, sustain weak souls, never lose your temper with anyone;
Whereas solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by exercise to distinguish good and evil.)