The Law of Liberty
(Matthew 7:1–6; Luke 6:37–42)
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions. 1 Rom 15:11Co 8:7-131Co 9:22Rom 15:7Rom 14:211Co 3:1-2Isa 35:3-4Isa 40:11 For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. 1Ti 4:4Pro 15:17Rom 14:14Gal 2:12Rom 14:22-23Gen 9:31Co 10:25Heb 13:9 The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him. Rom 14:10Col 2:16-17Luk 18:91Co 10:29-30Rom 14:13Act 10:341Co 8:11-13Act 10:44 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. Jas 4:11-12Rom 9:20Rom 8:31-39Jud 1:241Co 4:4-5Jhn 10:28-30Psa 37:24Heb 7:25
One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. Col 2:16-17Gal 4:9-10Rom 14:231Co 8:71Jn 3:19-21Rom 14:141Co 8:11 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; 2 he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 1Co 10:30-311Ti 4:3-5Exo 12:14Exo 12:42Exo 16:25Gal 4:10Isa 58:5Jhn 6:28
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone. 1Pe 4:22Co 5:151Co 6:19-201Th 5:10Tit 2:14Gal 2:19-20Php 1:20-24Rom 14:9 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Php 1:201Th 5:10Act 21:131Co 15:23Rev 14:13Php 2:17Act 13:36Act 20:24 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Rev 1:18Luk 24:26Heb 12:2Jhn 5:22-231Pe 1:211Pe 4:52Ti 4:1Act 10:42
Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 2Co 5:101Co 4:5Ecc 12:14Rom 2:16Rom 14:3-4Jhn 5:22Mat 25:31-32Act 10:42 It is written: Isa 45:22-25Php 2:10-11Psa 72:11Rom 10:91Jn 4:15Mat 10:32Isa 49:18Rom 15:9
“As surely as I live,
says the Lord,
every knee will bow before Me;
every tongue will confess to God.” 3
So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. Mat 12:361Pe 4:5Mat 16:27Gal 6:5Ecc 11:9Luk 16:2Mat 18:23-35
The Law of Love
(Ezekiel 14:1–11; 1 Corinthians 8:1–13)
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. 2Co 6:31Co 8:9-13Jas 4:11Luk 17:2Rom 16:17Jas 2:4Rom 14:10Isa 57:14
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. Tit 1:151Ti 4:4Rom 14:21Co 8:7Act 10:14-15Act 11:8-91Co 8:10Act 10:28 If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died. 1Co 8:11-12Gal 5:13Php 2:2-41Co 13:4-51Co 8:1Eph 5:2Rom 14:20Rom 15:2
Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil. 1Co 10:29-301Th 5:22Rom 12:172Co 8:20-21 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Mat 6:33Rom 15:131Co 4:201Co 8:8Gal 5:22Rom 8:61Th 2:12Dan 2:44 For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men. 2Co 8:211Pe 2:201Pe 2:52Co 5:111Th 1:3-41Co 7:221Pe 3:161Ti 2:3
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Eph 4:29Rom 12:18Psa 34:14Rom 15:2Heb 12:141Th 5:11-122Co 13:11Col 3:12-15 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block. Rom 14:14-15Mat 18:6Tit 1:15Act 10:151Co 10:31-331Co 6:12-13Rom 14:211Ti 4:3-5 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble. 4 1Co 8:13Rom 14:13Rom 15:1-2Luk 17:1-2Mal 2:8Mat 16:23Mat 18:7-10Heb 12:13
Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. 5 Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 1Jn 3:21Rom 14:5Jas 3:13Gal 6:1Rom 14:23Rom 14:14Rom 14:22Co 1:12 But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin. 6 Heb 11:6Tit 1:151Co 11:29-311Co 8:7Rom 14:5Rom 13:2