Romans 14

¹But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas.

²For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants.

³He 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.

⁴Who 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.

⁵For one person discerns one age from the next. But another discerns unto every age. Let each one increase according to his own mind.

⁶He 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.

⁷For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.

⁸For 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.

⁹For Christ died and rose again for this purpose: that he might be the ruler of both the dead and the living.

¹⁰So 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.

¹¹For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

¹²And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.

¹³Therefore, 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.

¹⁴I 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.

¹⁵For 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.

¹⁶Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy.

¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men.

¹⁹And 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.

²⁰Do 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.

²¹It 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.

²²Do 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.

²³But he who discerns, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.

Romans 14

¹Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.

²For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs.

³Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not: and he that eateth not, let him not judge him that eateth. For God hath taken him to him.

⁴Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? To his own lord he standeth or falleth. And he shall stand: for God is able to make him stand.

⁵For one judgeth between day and day: and another judgeth every day. Let every man abound in his own sense.

⁶He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord. And he that eateth eateth to the Lord: for he giveth thanks to God. And he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not and giveth thanks to God.

⁷For none of us liveth to himself: and no man dieth to himself.

⁸For whether we live, we live unto the Lord: or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

⁹For to this end Christ died and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

¹⁰But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? Or thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

¹¹For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.

¹²Therefore every one of us shall render account to God for himself.

¹³Let us not therefore judge one another any more. But judge this rather, that you put not a stumblingblock or a scandal in your brother's way.

¹⁴I know, and am confident in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

¹⁵For if, because of thy meat, thy brother be grieved, thou walkest not now according to charity. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

¹⁶Let not then our good be evil spoken of.

¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink: but justice and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

¹⁸For he that in this serveth Christ pleaseth God and is approved of men.

¹⁹Therefore, let us follow after the things that are of peace and keep the things that are of edification, one towards another.

²⁰Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

²¹It is good not to eat flesh and not to drink wine: nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended or scandalized or made weak.

²²Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Blessed is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth.

²³But he that discerneth, if he eat, is condemned; because not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.