Romans 14

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

Him that is weak in his faith receive with kindness, and not to pass judgment on his thoughts.

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

One man hath faith to eat every kind of food; another, who is weak, eateth herbs only.

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.

Let not him who eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him who eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received 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 art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own lord he standeth or falleth; and he shall be made to stand; for the Lord 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.

One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike: let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it to the Lord;

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.

and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. And he that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth thanks to God; and he that doth not eat, to the Lord he doth not eat, and giveth thanks to God.

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

For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to 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 to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether then we live or die, we are the Lord's.

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 to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of 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;

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? And thou, too, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.

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, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

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

So then every one of us will give account 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.

Let us then no longer judge one another; but let this rather be your judgment, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in a brother's way.

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, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him that accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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 on account of food thy brother is made to mourn, thou art no longer walking according to love. Do not with thy food destroy him for whom Christ died.

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

Let not then the blessing which ye enjoy be evil spoken of.

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 righteousness, 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 in this matter serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.

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

Let us then strive to promote peace, and the edification of each other.

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 for the sake of food undo the work of God. All things indeed are clean; but that which is pure is evil for that man who eateth so as to be an occasion of sin.

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 neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is put in danger of falling, or is made weak.

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

Thou hast faith; have it to thyself before God. Happy is he who doth not condemn himself in that which he alloweth.

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 that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he doeth it not from faith; but every thing which is not from faith is sin.