Romans 15:7

Accept one another. Romans 15:7-13 expand the idea in Romans 15:6. We are to keep on accepting one another in spite of the differences of spiritual development (John 6:37; Romans 14:1). We tend to think of the first century church in terms of small "house-churches," but the congregation at Jerusalem was probably 100,000 members, just before it was scattered. In one congregation you might find: Jews, Gentiles, slaves, slave-owners, free men, women who hate men, men who hate women, vegetarians, meat eaters, celibates, married couples, etc. Christ had accepted each of them! Therefore, they MUST accept each other!