Romans 14

1 And receive him who is weak in the faith—not to determinations of reasonings;

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

2 one believes that he may eat all things—and he who is weak eats herbs;

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

3 do not let him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and do not let him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God received him.

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.

4 You—who are you that are judging another’s domestic [affairs]? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

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.

5 One judges one day above another, and another judges every day [alike]; let each be fully assured in his own mind.

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

6 He who is regarding the day, he regards [it] to the LORD, and he who is not regarding the day, he does not regard [it] to the LORD. He who is eating, he eats to the LORD, for he gives thanks to God; and he who is not eating, he does not eat to the LORD, and gives thanks to God.

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.

7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself;

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

8 for both, if we may live, we live to the LORD; if also we may die, we die to the LORD; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the LORD’s;

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.

9 for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that He may be Lord both of dead and of living.

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

10 And you, why do you judge your brother? Or again, you, why do you set at nothing your brother? For we will all stand at the judgment seat of the Christ;

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.

11 for it has been written: “I live! Says the LORD—Every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue will confess to God”;

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

12 so, then, each of us will give reckoning to God concerning himself;

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

13 therefore, may we judge one another no longer, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offense.

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.

14 I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean—to that one [it is] unclean;

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.

15 and if your brother is grieved through food, you no longer walk according to love; do not destroy with your food that one for whom Christ died.

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.

16 Do not let, then, evil be spoken of your good,

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

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

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

18 for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.

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

19 So, then, may we pursue the things of peace, and the things of building up one another.

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.

20 Do not cast down the work of God for the sake of food; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.

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.

21 [It is] not right to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which your brother stumbles, or is made to fall, or is weak.

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.

22 You have faith! Have [it] to yourself before God; blessed is he who is not judging himself in what he approves,

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.

23 and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, has been condemned, because [it is] not of faith; and all that [is] not of faith is sin.

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