Bible Cross References
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Matthew 18:6
"If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea.
Romans 12:15
Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.
Romans 14:19-22
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So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another.
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Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin.
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The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.
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Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between yourself and God. Happy are those who do not feel guilty when they do something they judge is right!
Romans 15:1
We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
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Be careful, however, not to let your freedom of action make those who are weak in the faith fall into sin.
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Suppose a person whose conscience is weak in this matter sees you, who have so-called "knowledge," eating in the temple of an idol; will not this encourage him to eat food offered to idols?
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And so this weak person, your brother for whom Christ died, will perish because of your "knowledge"!
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And in this way you will be sinning against Christ by sinning against other Christians and wounding their weak conscience.
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So then, if food makes a believer sin, I will never eat meat again, so as not to make a believer fall into sin.
1 Corinthians 10:24
None of you should be looking out for your own interests, but for the interests of others.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Just do as I do; I try to please everyone in all that I do, not thinking of my own good, but of the good of all, so that they might be saved.
1 Corinthians 12:22-26
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On the contrary, we cannot do without the parts of the body that seem to be weaker;
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and those parts that we think aren't worth very much are the ones which we treat with greater care; while the parts of the body which don't look very nice are treated with special modesty,
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which the more beautiful parts do not need. God himself has put the body together in such a way as to give greater honor to those parts that need it.
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And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another.
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If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it; if one part is praised, all the other parts share its happiness.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;
1 Corinthians 13:5
love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs;
2 Corinthians 6:3
We do not want anyone to find fault with our work, so we try not to put obstacles in anyone's way.
2 Corinthians 11:29
When someone is weak, then I feel weak too; when someone is led into sin, I am filled with distress.
James 2:8
You will be doing the right thing if you obey the law of the Kingdom, which is found in the scripture, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."