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Romans 14:3

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Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
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  1. Romans 14:10Rank 1 from verse 3
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    10But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  2. Colossians 2:16–17Rank 2 from verse 3
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    16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

    17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

  3. Luke 18:9Rank 3 from verse 3
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    9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

  4. 1 Corinthians 10:29–30Rank 4 from verse 3
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    29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?

    30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

  5. Romans 14:13Rank 5 from verse 3
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    13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

  6. Acts 10:34Rank 6 from verse 3
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    34¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

  7. 1 Corinthians 8:11–13Rank 7 from verse 3
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    11And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

    12But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

    13Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

  8. Acts 10:44Rank 8 from verse 3
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    44¶ While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

  9. Matthew 11:18–19Rank 9 from verse 3
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    18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

    19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

  10. Matthew 18:10Rank 10 from verse 3
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    10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

  11. Matthew 7:1–2Rank 11 from verse 3
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    1JUDGE not, that ye be not judged.

    2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

  12. Romans 14:15Rank 12 from verse 3
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    15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

  13. Romans 14:21Rank 13 from verse 3
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    21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

  14. Acts 15:8–9Rank 14 from verse 3
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    8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

    9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

  15. Matthew 9:14Rank 15 from verse 3
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    14¶ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

  16. Zechariah 4:10Rank 16 from verse 3
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    10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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Romans 14:3

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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eateth

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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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judge

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Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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14:1HIM that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

14:2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

14:3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

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14:4Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

14:5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

14:6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

14:7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

14:8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

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