Romans 14

1 But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas.

But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions.

2 For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants.

One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables.

3 He who eats should not despise him who does not eat. And he who does not eat should not judge him who eats. For God has accepted him.

The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.

4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? He stands or falls by his own Lord. But he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand.

Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

5 For one person discerns one age from the next. But another discerns unto every age. Let each one increase according to his own mind.

One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

6 He who understands the age, understands for the Lord. And he who eats, eats for the Lord; for he gives thanks to God. And he who does not eat, does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for the Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat, and expresses thanks to God.

7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.

For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.

8 For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's.

9 For Christ died and rose again for this purpose: that he might be the ruler of both the dead and the living.

For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

10 So then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

11 For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

For it is written, I live, says the Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.

12 And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.

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

13 Therefore, we should no longer judge one another. Instead, judge this to a greater extent: that you should not place an obstacle before your brother, nor lead him astray.

Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.

14 I know, with confidence in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in and of itself. But to him who considers anything to be unclean, it is unclean to him.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane.

15 For if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are not now walking according to love. Do not allow your food to destroy him for whom Christ died.

For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.

16 Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy.

Therefore do not let your good be maligned.

17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

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

18 For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men.

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men.

19 And so, let us pursue the things that are of peace, and let us keep to the things that are for the edification of one another.

So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.

20 Do not be willing to destroy the work of God because of food. Certainly, all things are clean. But there is harm for a man who offends by eating.

Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance.

21 It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened.

It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.

22 Do you have faith? It belongs to you, so hold it before God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in that by which he is tested.

The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows.

23 But he who discerns, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.