Romans 14

1 Him that is weak in his faith, receive ye, —not for disputing opinions: —

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

2 One, indeed, hath faith to eat all things, whereas, he that is weak, eateth herbs:

For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

3 Let not, him that eateth, despise him that eateth not, and let not, him that eateth not, judge him that eateth; for, God, hath received him.

The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

4 Who art, thou, that judgest another’s domestic? To his own master, he standeth or falleth; he shall, however, be made to stand, —for his master is able to make him stand.

Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 [For], one, indeed esteemeth one day beyond another, whereas, another, esteemeth every day: —let, each one, in his own mind be fully persuaded.

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

6 He that regardeth the day, unto the Lord, regardeth it, —and, he that eateth, unto the Lord, doth eat, for he giveth thanks unto God; and, he that eateth not, unto the Lord, doth not eat and give God thanks.

He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

7 For, none of us, unto himself liveth, and, none, unto himself dieth;

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

8 For both, if we live, unto the Lord, we live, and, if we die, unto the Lord, we die; whether therefore we live, the Lord’s, we are; or whether we die, the Lord’s, we are;

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

9 For, to this end, Christ died and lived, in order that, both of dead and living, he might have lordship.

For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

10 But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God;

Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

11 For it is written—Living am, I, saith the Lord, unto me, shall bow every knee, and, every tongue, shall openly confess unto God.

It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

12 Hence, [then], each one of us, of himself shall give account unto God.

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

13 No longer, then, upon one another, let us be sitting in judgment, but, this, judge ye rather—not to be putting a cause of stumbling before your brother or an occasion to fall.

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus—that, nothing, is profane of itself, —save to him who reckoneth anything to be profane, unto that man, [it is] profane,

I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

15 If, in fact, because of food, thy brother is being grieved, no longer, by the rule of love, art thou walking: —do not, by thy food, that man, be destroying, on whose behalf Christ died!

If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

16 Therefore, suffer not to be defamed, your own good thing;

Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

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

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

18 For, he that in this doeth service unto the Christ, is acceptable unto God, and approved unto men.

For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

19 Hence, then, the things pertaining to peace, let us pursue, and the things which belong to the upbuilding one of another:

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

20 Do not, for the sake of food, be throwing down the work of God! All things, indeed, are pure; but, ill, is it for the man who with occasion of stumbling doth eat, —

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

21 Well, is it not to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor [to do aught] whereby thy brother is caused to stumble.

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

22 The faith which thou hast, have to thyself before God: happy, he that bringeth not judgment upon himself by that which he approveth;

Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

23 But, he that is in doubt, if he eat, hath condemned himself, —because, [it was] not of faith, and, everything which is not of faith, is sin.

But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.