14:1 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.
14:2 One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
14:3 The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.
14:4 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.
14:5 One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
14:6 He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
14:7 For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone.
14:8 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.
14:9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
14:10 You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
14:11 It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.’”
14:12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
14:14 As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
14:15 If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died.
14:16 Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil.
14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
14:18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
14:19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
14:20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
14:21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
14:22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
14:23 But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
14:1 Now him who is weak in faith receive, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his considerations.
14:2 One believes that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables.
14:3 He who eats, let him not despise him who does not eat; and he who does not eat, let him not judge him who eats, for God has received him.
14:4 Who are you who judge another s household servant? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will be made to stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
14:5 One judges one day above another; another judges every day alike. Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind.
14:6 He who regards that day, regards it to the Lord; and he who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who does not eat, does not eat to the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.
14:7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself;
14:8 For whether we live, we live to the Lord, and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore whether we live or we die, we are the Lord s.
14:9 For Christ died and lived again for this, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God,
14:11 For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall openly confess to God.
14:12 So then each one of us will give an account concerning himself to God.
14:13 Therefore let us judge one another no longer, but rather judge this: not to put a stumbling block or cause of falling before your brother.
14:14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself, except to him who considers something to be unclean; to that man it is unclean.
14:15 For if because of food your brother is wounded, you no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy by your food that man for whom Christ died.
14:16 Therefore do not let your good be slandered;
14:17 For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
14:18 For he who serves Christ in this is well pleasing to God and approved by men.
14:19 So then let us pursue the things of peace and the things for building up one another.
14:20 Do not break down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is evil for a man to eat while stumbling others.
14:21 It is good not to eat meat nor drink wine nor to do anything by which your brother stumbles.
14:22 The faith which you have, have to yourself before God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in what he approves;
14:23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not out of faith; for all that is not out of faith is sin.