Romanos 14

1 infirmum autem in fide adsumite non in disceptationibus cogitationum

Him that is weake in the faith, receiue vnto you, but not for controuersies of disputations.

2 alius enim credit manducare omnia qui autem infirmus est holus manducat

One beleeueth that he may eate of all things: and another, which is weake, eateth herbes.

3 is qui manducat non manducantem non spernat et qui non manducat manducantem non iudicet Deus enim illum adsumpsit

Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, condemne him that eateth: for God hath receiued him.

4 tu quis es qui iudices alienum servum suo domino stat aut cadit stabit autem potens est enim Deus statuere illum

Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant? hee standeth or falleth to his owne master: yea, he shalbe established: for God is able to make him stand.

5 nam alius iudicat diem plus inter diem alius iudicat omnem diem unusquisque in suo sensu abundet

This man esteemeth one day aboue another day, and another man counteth euery day alike: let euery man be fully perswaded in his minde.

6 qui sapit diem Domino sapit et qui manducat Domino manducat gratias enim agit Deo et qui non manducat Domino non manducat et gratias agit Deo

He that obserueth the day, obserueth it to the Lord: and he that obserueth not the day, obserueth it not to the Lord. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giueth God thankes: and he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lord, and giueth God thankes.

7 nemo enim nostrum sibi vivit et nemo sibi moritur

For none of vs liueth to himselfe, neither doeth any die to himselfe.

8 sive enim vivimus Domino vivimus sive morimur Domino morimur sive ergo vivimus sive morimur Domini sumus

For whether wee liue, we liue vnto the Lord: or whether we die, we die vnto the Lord: whether we liue therefore, or die, we are the Lords.

9 in hoc enim Christus et mortuus est et revixit ut et mortuorum et vivorum dominetur

For Christ therefore died and rose againe, and reuiued, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the quicke.

10 tu autem quid iudicas fratrem tuum aut tu quare spernis fratrem tuum omnes enim stabimus ante tribunal Dei

But why doest thou condemne thy brother? or why doest thou despise thy brother? for we shall all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ.

11 scriptum est enim vivo ego dicit Dominus quoniam mihi flectet omne genu et omnis lingua confitebitur Deo

For it is written, I liue, sayth the Lord, and euery knee shall bowe to me, and all tongues shall confesse vnto God.

12 itaque unusquisque nostrum pro se rationem reddet Deo

So then euery one of vs shall giue accounts of himselfe to God.

13 non ergo amplius invicem iudicemus sed hoc iudicate magis ne ponatis offendiculum fratri vel scandalum

Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but vse your iudgement rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling blocke before his brother.

14 scio et confido in Domino Iesu quia nihil commune per ipsum nisi ei qui existimat quid commune esse illi commune est

I know, and am perswaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane.

15 si enim propter cibum frater tuus contristatur iam non secundum caritatem ambulas noli cibo tuo illum perdere pro quo Christus mortuus est

But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.

16 non ergo blasphemetur bonum nostrum

Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

17 non est regnum Dei esca et potus sed iustitia et pax et gaudium in Spiritu Sancto

For the kingdome of God, is not meate nor drinke, but righteousnes, and peace, and ioye in the holy Ghost.

18 qui enim in hoc servit Christo placet Deo et probatus est hominibus

For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approoued of men.

19 itaque quae pacis sunt sectemur et quae aedificationis sunt in invicem

Let vs then follow those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

20 noli propter escam destruere opus Dei omnia quidem munda sunt sed malum est homini qui per offendiculum manducat

Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake: all things in deede are pure: but it is euill for the man which eateth with offence.

21 bonum est non manducare carnem et non bibere vinum neque in quo frater tuus offendit aut scandalizatur aut infirmatur

It is good neither to eate flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weake.

22 tu fidem habes penes temet ipsum habe coram Deo beatus qui non iudicat semet ipsum in eo quo probat

Hast thou faith? haue it with thy selfe before God: blessed is hee that condemneth not himselfe in that thing which he aloweth.

23 qui autem discernit si manducaverit damnatus est quia non ex fide omne autem quod non ex fide peccatum est

For he that doubteth, is condemned if he eate, because he eateth not of faith: and whatsoeuer is not of faith, is sinne.