15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
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And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? …
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. …
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, …
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-23)We have in this chapter, I. An account of the unhappy contention which had broken out in the Christian church. Our Master had foretold that offences would come; and, it seems, so they did, for want of that wisdom and love which would have prevented discord, and kept up union among them. 1. There was a difference among them about the distinction of meats and days; these are the two things specified…
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