Romans 14

1 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

Receive someone who is weak in the faith, but not for disputes over arguables.

2 For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

One man has faith to eat everything, while the weak one eats only vegetables.

3 The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

One who eats must not look down on one who does not, and one who does not eat must not judge one who does, because God has accepted him.

4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Who are you to judge someone else's household servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And stand he will, for God has the power to make him stand.

5 One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

One man esteems one day above another; another esteems everyday alike. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.

6 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. And he who eats, eats to the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, also giving thanks to God.

7 For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

You see, none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Because if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

For this very reason Christ both died and rose, and lived, so as to rule both dead and living.

10 Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

But you, why do you judge your brother? And you too, why do you look down on your brother? Because we will all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ.

11 It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

For it is written: “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall acknowledge God.’”

12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

13 Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but rather resolve this: not to put a stumbling block or pitfall in a brother's way.

14 I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

I know and have been convinced by Sovereign Jesus that nothing is unclean of itself (still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean),

15 If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

but if your brother is offended because of food, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not, with your food, ruin someone for whom Christ died.

16 Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

So do not let your good be slandered;

17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

because the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.

18 For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

For whoever serves the Christ in these things is satisfying to God and approved by men.

19 So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

So then, let us pursue the things that promote peace and the things by which one may edify another.

20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are ‘clean’; however it is wrong for the man who gives offence by eating.

21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

It is good not to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weakened.

22 Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

Do you have faith? Have it privately before God. Happy is he who does not judge himself in what he approves.

23 But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

But he who eats with doubt stands condemned, because it is not from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.