Προς Ρωμαιους 14
1 Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε, μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν.
Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.
2 Ὃς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν λάχανα ἐσθίει.
One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
3 Ὁ ἐσθίων, τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, ὁ δὲ μὴ ἐσθίων, τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω, ὁ ˚Θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο.
Do not let him who eats despise him who does not eat. Do not let him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.
4 Σὺ τίς εἶ, ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; Τῷ ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει. Σταθήσεται δέ, δυνατεῖ γὰρ ὁ ˚Κύριος στῆσαι αὐτόν.
Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
5 Ὃς μὲν κρίνει ἡμέραν παρʼ ἡμέραν, ὃς δὲ κρίνει πᾶσαν ἡμέραν. Ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ νοῒ, πληροφορείσθω.
One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
6 Ὁ φρονῶν τὴν ἡμέραν, ˚Κυρίῳ φρονεῖ. Καὶ ὁ ἐσθίων, ˚Κυρίῳ ἐσθίει, εὐχαριστεῖ γὰρ τῷ ˚Θεῷ· καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων, ˚Κυρίῳ οὐκ ἐσθίει, καὶ εὐχαριστεῖ τῷ ˚Θεῷ.
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. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
7 Οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἑαυτῷ ζῇ, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἑαυτῷ ἀποθνῄσκει.
For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
8 Ἐάν τε γὰρ ζῶμεν, τῷ ˚Κυρίῳ ζῶμεν, ἐάν τε ἀποθνῄσκωμεν, τῷ ˚Κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκομεν. Ἐάν τε οὖν ζῶμεν, ἐάν τε ἀποθνῄσκωμεν, τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἐσμέν.
For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ˚Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἔζησεν, ἵνα καὶ νεκρῶν καὶ ζώντων κυριεύσῃ.
For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 Σὺ δὲ τί κρίνεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου; Ἢ καὶ σὺ τί ἐξουθενεῖς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου; Πάντες γὰρ παραστησόμεθα τῷ βήματι τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ.
But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 Γέγραπται γάρ, “Ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει ˚Κύριος ὅτι ἐμοὶ κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ, καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσεται τῷ ˚Θεῷ.”
For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”
12 Ἄρα οὖν ἕκαστος ἡμῶν περὶ ἑαυτοῦ, λόγον δώσει τῷ ˚Θεῷ.
So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
13 Μηκέτι οὖν ἀλλήλους κρίνωμεν, ἀλλὰ τοῦτο κρίνατε μᾶλλον, τὸ μὴ τιθέναι πρόσκομμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἢ σκάνδαλον.
Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.
14 Οἶδα καὶ πέπεισμαι ἐν ˚Κυρίῳ ˚Ἰησοῦ ὅτι οὐδὲν κοινὸν διʼ ἑαυτοῦ· εἰ μὴ τῷ λογιζομένῳ τι κοινὸν εἶναι, ἐκείνῳ κοινόν.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 Εἰ γὰρ διὰ βρῶμα, ὁ ἀδελφός σου λυπεῖται, οὐκέτι κατὰ ἀγάπην περιπατεῖς. Μὴ τῷ βρώματί σου ἐκεῖνον ἀπόλλυε, ὑπὲρ οὗ ˚Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.
Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
16 Μὴ βλασφημείσθω οὖν ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαθόν.
Then do not let your good be slandered,
17 Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ βρῶσις καὶ πόσις, ἀλλὰ δικαιοσύνη, καὶ εἰρήνη, καὶ χαρὰ ἐν ˚Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ.
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 Ὁ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ δουλεύων τῷ ˚Χριστῷ, εὐάρεστος τῷ ˚Θεῷ καὶ δόκιμος τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 Ἄρα οὖν τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης διώκωμεν, καὶ τὰ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς τῆς εἰς ἀλλήλους.
So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
20 Μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος, κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ. Πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι.
Do not overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
21 Καλὸν τὸ μὴ φαγεῖν κρέα, μηδὲ πιεῖν οἶνον, μηδὲ ἐν ᾧ ὁ ἀδελφός σου προσκόπτει, ἢ σκανδαλίζεται, ἢ ἀσθενεῖ.
It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
22 Σὺ πίστιν ἣν ἔχεις, κατὰ σεαυτὸν ἔχε ἐνώπιον τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ. Μακάριος ὁ μὴ κρίνων ἑαυτὸν ἐν ᾧ δοκιμάζει.
Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not judge himself in that which he approves.
23 Ὁ δὲ διακρινόμενος, ἐὰν φάγῃ, κατακέκριται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως· πᾶν δὲ ὃ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως, ἁμαρτία ἐστίν.
But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
