Bible Verses About Commandments

You have this “knowledge”; but suppose someone with a weak conscience sees you sitting, eating a meal in the temple of an idol. Won’t he be built up wrongly to eat this food which has been sacrificed to idols?

Thus by your “knowledge” this weak person is destroyed, this brother for whom the Messiah died;

and so, when you sin against the brothers by wounding their conscience when it is weak, you are sinning against the Messiah!

To sum up, if food will be a snare for my brother, I will never eat meat again, lest I cause my brother to sin.

Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were — as the Tanakh puts it, “The people sat down to eat and drink, then got up to indulge in revelry.”

And let us not engage in sexual immorality, as some of them did, with the consequence that 23,000 died in a single day.

And let us not put the Messiah to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

And don’t grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the Destroying Angel.

But if someone says to you, “This meat was offered as a sacrifice,” then don’t eat it, out of consideration for the person who pointed it out and also for conscience’s sake —

however, I don’t mean your conscience but that of the other person. You say, “Why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

If I participate with thankfulness, why am I criticized over something for which I myself bless God?”

Well, whatever you do, whether it’s eating or drinking or anything else, do it all so as to bring glory to God.

Do not be an obstacle to anyone — not to Jews, not to Gentiles, and not to God’s Messianic Community.

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, behave like a mentsh, grow strong.

Let everything you do be done in love.

Brothers, suppose someone is caught doing something wrong. You who have the Spirit should set him right, but in a spirit of humility, keeping an eye on yourselves so that you won’t be tempted too.

Bear one another’s burdens — in this way you will be fulfilling the Torah’s true meaning, which the Messiah upholds.

Therefore I, the prisoner united with the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called.

Always be humble, gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love,

and making every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom.

Be angry, but don’t sin — don’t let the sun go down before you have dealt with the cause of your anger;

otherwise you leave room for the Adversary.

The thief must stop stealing; instead, he should make an honest living by his own efforts. This way he will be able to share with those in need.

Let no harmful language come from your mouth, only good words that are helpful in meeting the need, words that will benefit those who hear them.

Don’t cause grief to God’s Ruach HaKodesh, for he has stamped you as his property until the day of final redemption.