Romans 14

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

Receive him who is weak in the faith, without regard to differences of opinions.

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

One, indeed, believes he may eat everything; but he who is weak eats herbs only.

3 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.

Let not him who eats, despise him who eats not; and let not him who eats not, condemn him who eats: for God has received him.

4 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.

Who are you that condemn another man's servant? By his own master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

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

One, indeed, thinks one day more holy than another: but another thinks every day alike. Let every one be convinced in his own mind.

6 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.

He who observes the day, observe it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day to the Lord, does not observe it: he who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks.

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

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

8 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.

But whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, ot die, we are the Lord's.

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

For to this end, Christ both dies and rose, and lives again, that he might rule over both the dead and the living.

10 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.

But you, why do you condemn your brother? and you, also, why do you despise your brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment seat of Christ.

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

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, surely every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

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

Well, then, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.

13 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.

Let us, therefore, no more judge one another; but let us decide, rather, not to lay an occasion of stumbling before a brother, or a cause of falling.

14 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),

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; yet, to him who accounts anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean.

15 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.

Now, if your brother be hurt through your meat, you no longer walk as love requires. Do not destroy him with your meat for whom Christ died.

16 So do not let your good be slandered;

Let not your good, then, be an evil spoken of.

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

For the Reign of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace, and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

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

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

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

Well, then, let us strive after peace, and mutual edification.

20 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.

Do not, for the sake of meat, destroy the work of God. All meats, indeed, are clean; but that meat is hurtful to the man who eats to occasion stumbling.

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

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything by which your brother is made to stumble, or to fall, or is weakened.

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

You have faith: keep it to yourself, in the sight of God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

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

For he who discerns a difference, between meats is condemned, if he eat; because he eats not from faith: for what is not from faith is sin.