Romans 14
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The Law of Liberty
1Receive#(Rom. 14:2; 15:1; 1 Cor. 8:9; 9:22) one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. 2For one believes he #1 Cor. 10:25; (Titus 1:15)may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. 3Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and #(Rom. 14:10, 13; Col. 2:16)let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. 4#Rom. 9:20; James 4:11, 12Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
5#Gal. 4:10One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6He who #Gal. 4:10observes 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 #Matt. 14:19; 15:36; (1 Cor. 10:31; 1 Tim. 4:3)he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. 7For #(1 Cor. 6:19; Gal. 2:20); 1 Thess. 5:10; (1 Pet. 4:2)none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8For if we #2 Cor. 5:14, 15live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9For #2 Cor. 5:15to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be #Acts 10:36Lord of both the dead and the living. 10But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For #Rom. 2:16; 2 Cor. 5:10we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11For it is written:
#Is. 45:23; (Phil. 2:10, 11)“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
12So then #Matt. 12:36; 16:27; (Gal. 6:5); 1 Pet. 4:5each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, #1 Cor. 8:9not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.
The Law of Love
14I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus #1 Cor. 10:25that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. #Rom. 14:20; 1 Cor. 8:11Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. 16#(Rom. 12:17)Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; 17#1 Cor. 8:8for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and #(Rom. 8:6)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18For he who serves Christ in these things #2 Cor. 8:21; Phil. 4:8; 1 Pet. 2:12is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19#Ps. 34:14; Rom. 12:18; 1 Cor. 7:15; 2 Tim. 2:22; Heb. 12:14Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which #1 Cor. 14:12; 1 Thess. 5:11one may edify another. 20#Rom. 14:15Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. #Acts 10:15All things indeed are pure, #1 Cor. 8:9–12but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. 21It is good neither to eat #1 Cor. 8:13meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak. 22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. #(1 John 3:21)Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for #Titus 1:15whatever is not from faith is sin.
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Romans (Rom) 14
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1Now as for a person whose trust is weak, welcome him — but not to get into arguments over opinions. 2One person has the trust that will allow him to eat anything, while another whose trust is weak eats only vegetables. 3The one who eats anything must not look down on the one who abstains; and the abstainer must not pass judgment on the one who eats anything, because God has accepted him — 4who are you to pass judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall; and the fact is that he will stand, because the Lord is able to make him stand.
5One person considers some days more holy than others, while someone else regards them as being all alike. What is important is for each to be fully convinced in his own mind. 6He who observes a day as special does so to honor the Lord. Also he who eats anything, eats to honor the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; likewise the abstainer abstains to honor the Lord, and he too gives thanks to God. 7For none of us lives only in relation to himself, and none of us dies only in relation to himself; 8for if we live, we live in relation to the Lord; and if we die, we die in relation to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord — 9indeed, it was for this very reason that the Messiah died and came back to life, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10You then, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For all of us will stand before God’s judgment seat; 11since it is written in the Tanakh,
“As I live, says Adonai, every knee will bend before me,
and every tongue will publicly acknowledge God.”
12So then, every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
13Therefore, let’s stop passing judgment on each other! Instead, make this one judgment — not to put a stumbling block or a snare in a brother’s way. 14I know — that is, I have been persuaded by the Lord Yeshua the Messiah — that nothing is unclean in itself. But if a person considers something unclean, then for him it is unclean; 15and if your brother is being upset by the food you eat, your life is no longer one of love. Do not, by your eating habits, destroy someone for whom the Messiah died! 16Do not let what you know to be good, be spoken of as bad; 17for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, shalom and joy in the Ruach HaKodesh. 18Anyone who serves the Messiah in this fashion both pleases God and wins the approval of other people.
19So then, let us pursue the things that make for shalom and mutual upbuilding. 20Don’t tear down God’s work for the sake of food. True enough, all things are clean; but it is wrong for anybody by his eating to cause someone to fall away. 21What is good is not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. 22The belief you hold about such things, keep between yourself and God. Happy the person who is free of self-condemnation when he approves of something! 23But the doubter comes under condemnation if he eats, because his action is not based on trust. And anything not based on trust is a sin.
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