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Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat, for God has welcomed them.

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The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt(A) the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge(B) the one who does, for God has accepted them.

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Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds.

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One person considers one day more sacred than another;(A) another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.

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17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.(A)

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17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,(A) but of righteousness, peace(B) and joy in the Holy Spirit,(C)

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10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years.

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10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!(A)

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Warning against Judging Another

11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another speaks evil against the law and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.(A)

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11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(A) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[a] or judges them(B) speaks against the law(C) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(D) but sitting in judgment on it.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.