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Thematic Bible



just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfSelfishness, Shown InPleasing MenAdaptability


Do not destroy God's action for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make another person stumble because of what you eat. The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

and she is never rude; she never thinks just of herself or ever gets annoyed. She never is resentful; Verse ConceptsAggressionBeing In LoveIrritationMannersDo Not Be SelfishPeople Forgiving OthersUnconditional Love








So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out. Verse ConceptsCripplesPunishment, By GodSelf DenialGehennaEntering LifeCausing Others To StumbleNot Maintaining LifeFire Of HellCutting Off Hands And FeetTwo Of Body PartsMissing The Markcutting



Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Abuse Of ChristianUseless ThingsProfitable ThingsBuilding Up The ChurchFulfilling The LawChristian LibertyReligious Freedomeverything

Then another of his disciples told him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."



Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. Verse ConceptsKnifesDelight, God ExpressingKnivesDietsOverweightObesityEtiquetteovereating

Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves. Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building him up. For even the Messiah did not please himself. Instead, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."






He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same." Verse Conceptsethics, socialPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRich, TheUnity, Of God's PeopleSaints, Care For The PoorBenevolenceClothing The NeedyInner GarmentsTwo Other ThingsPeople Providing FoodGivingGiving Back

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