Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
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