14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without
quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but
another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not
treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat
everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s
servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand,
for the Lord is able to make them stand.
5 One person considers one day more
sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them
should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does
so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to
God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for ourselves
alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and
if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the
Lord. 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.
10 You, then, why do you judge your
brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all
stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the
Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”[b]
12 So then, each of us will give an
account of ourselves to God.
13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on
one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or
obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded
in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone
regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. 15 If your brother or sister is distressed
because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your
eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let what you know is
good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but
of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in
this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
19 Let us therefore make every effort to
do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.20 Do not destroy the work of God for the
sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat
anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink
wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.
22 So whatever you believe about these
things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself
by what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because
their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is
sin.[c]
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