Romans 14
1 But receive to yourselves him who is weak in faith, not into disputations of doubtful matters.
Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of deciding doubtful points.
2 One indeed believes he is to eat all things: another who is weak, vegetables.
One man has faith to eat anything; but he whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
3 Let not the one eating snub the one not eating. Let not the one not eating judge the one eating; for God received him.
He who eats meat must not despise the man who abstains; and let not the man who abstains judge him who eats; for God has received him.
4 Who art thou judging another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls: but he shall stand; for God is able to make him stand.
Who are you just that judges the household-servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And stand he will, for his Master has power to make him stand.
5 For one indeed judges a day above a day: another judges every day (alike); let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind.
There are some who esteem one day above another; there are others who esteem all days alike; let each other be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 The one regarding the day, regards it to the Lord: the one eating, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and the one not eating, eats not to the Lord, and gives thanks to God.
He who regards the day, regards it unto his Lord; and he who regards it not, disregards it unto his Lord. He who eats meat, eats unto his Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who abstains, abstains unto his Lord, since he, too, gives God thanks.
7 For no one of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself:
For not one of us lives unto himself, and not one dies unto himself.
8 for if indeed we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Then indeed if we live, and if we die, we are the Lord's.
If we live, we live unto our Lord; if we die, we die unto our Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to our Lord.
9 For unto this Christ died, and lives, in order that He may be Lord of the dead and of the living.
For this purpose Christ died and became alive again, that he might be the Lord both of the dead and of the living.
10 But why do you judge your neighbor, or indeed why do you discount your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
But you the abstainer, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you again the non-abstainer, why do you despise yours? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
11 For it has been written; As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
For it is written, "As I live," says the Lord, "to me every knee shall bow, And to God shall every tongue confess."
12 Then therefore each one of us shall give an account to God for himself.
So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Then let us no longer judge one another: but rather judge this, not to place before a brother an offence for a stumblingblock.
So let us no longer pass judgment on one another; rather let this be your judgment, that no one put a stumbling-block in his brother’s way, nor any cause of falling.
14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: except to him who considers it unclean, to him it is unclean.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is in itself unclean; but any food is "unclean" for one who considers it "unclean."
15 But if your brother is grieved on account of your meat, you are no longer walking in divine love. Do not by your meat destroy him for whom Christ died.
If your brother is continually pained because of your food, you are not conducting yourself any longer in love. Do not, by what you eat, persist in destroying a man for whom Christ died.
16 Let not your good be blasphemed.
Therefore do not let what is right, so far as you are concerned, be evil spoken of.
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 For in this the one serving Christ is acceptable to God, and approved unto men.
Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.
19 Then therefore we pursue the things belonging to peace, and edification towards one another.
So then let is eagerly pursue the things that make for peace and the upbuilding of each other.
20 Do not destroy the work of God on account of meat. All things are pure; but it is evil to the man who eats with offence:
Do not, for the sake of food, be tearing down God’s work. All food indeed is ceremonially clean, but a man is in the wrong if his food proves a stumbling-block.
21 it is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles.
The right course is not to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything through which your brother is made to stumble.
22 The faith which you have, have it with yourself before God. Happy is the one not judging himself in that which he approves:
Have you faith? Keep it to yourself as in the presence of God. He is a happy man who does not condemn himself in that which he approves.
23 but if he may eat doubting, he has been condemned, because it is not of faith; but every thing which is not of faith is sin.
But he who has misgivings, and yet eats meat, is condemned already, because his action is not based on faith; and whatever is not based on faith is sin.
