christian liberty

¹³For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.

¹⁶in an open manner, and not as if cloaking malice with liberty, but like servants of God.

¹Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

¹²All is lawful to me, but not all is expedient. All is lawful to me, but I will not be driven back by the authority of anyone.

²⁵But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.

¹But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas. ²For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants. ³He who eats should not despise him who does not eat. And he who does not eat should not judge him who eats. For God has accepted him. ⁴Who are you to judge the servant of another? He stands or falls by his own Lord. But he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand. ⁵For one person discerns one age from the next. But another discerns unto every age. Let each one increase according to his own mind. ⁶He who understands the age, understands for the Lord. And he who eats, eats for the Lord; for he gives thanks to God. And he who does not eat, does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

²³All is lawful to me, but not all is edifying.

¹⁹promising them freedoms, while they themselves are the servants of corruption. For by whatever a man is overcome, of this also is he the servant.

³¹Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you may do, do everything for the glory of God.

¹⁶Therefore, let no one judge you as concerns food or drink, or a particular feast day, or feast days of new moons, or of Sabbaths.

⁴⁵And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.

⁵For those who are in agreement with the flesh are mindful of the things of the flesh. But those who are in agreement with the spirit are mindful of the things of the spirit. ⁶For the prudence of the flesh is death. But the prudence of the spirit is life and peace. ⁷And the wisdom of the flesh is inimical to God. For it is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be. ⁸So those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

²⁸And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.

²³But he who discerns, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.