Act 6:13-14, 16:3, 28:17, Rom 14:1-6, 1Cor 9:19-21, Gal 5:1-6, 6:12-15 | ESV | STEP | and they set up false witnesses who said , This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law ,

Acts 6:13-14

13 and they ^aset up false ^bwitnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against ^cthis holy place and the law, 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth ^dwill destroy this place and will ^echange ^fthe customs that Moses delivered to us.”

Acts 16:3

3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he ^gtook him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Acts 28:17

Paul in Rome

17 After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, ^hthough I had done nothing against our people or ⁱthe customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Romans 14:1-6

Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

1 As for ^jthe one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 ^kOne person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and ^llet not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 ^mWho are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master ^{▼▼Or lord} that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 ^oOne person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. ^pEach one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since ^qhe gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.

1 Corinthians 9:19-21

19 For ^rthough I am free from all, ^sI have made myself a servant to all, that I might ^twin more of them. 20 ^uTo the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To ^vthose outside the law I became ^was one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but ^xunder the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.

Galatians 5:1-6

Christ Has Set Us Free

1 For ^yfreedom Christ has ^zset us free; ^aastand firm therefore, and do not submit again to ^aba yoke of ^acslavery.

2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that ^adif you accept circumcision, ^aeChrist will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that ^afhe is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are ^agsevered from Christ, ^ahyou who would be justified ^{▼▼Or counted righteous} by the law; ^ajyou have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly ^akwait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus ^alneither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but ^amonly faith working through love.

Galatians 6:12-15

12 ^anIt is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh ^aowho would force you to be circumcised, and only ^apin order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to boast ^aqexcept in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which ^{▼▼Or through whom} the world ^ashas been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For ^atneither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but ^aua new creation.