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One [man’s faith permits him to] believe he may eat anything, while a weaker one [limits his] eating to vegetables.

Let not him who eats look down on or despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains criticize and pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted and welcomed him.

Who are you to pass judgment on and censure another’s household servant? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he shall stand and be upheld, for the Master (the Lord) is mighty to support him and make him stand.

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One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.(A) The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt(B) the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge(C) the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?(D) To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

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