Romans (Rom) 14
14
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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1And him who is weak in the faith receive ye — not to determinations of reasonings;
2one doth believe that he may eat all things — and he who is weak doth eat herbs;
3let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.
4Thou — who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
5One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day [alike]; let each in his own mind be fully assured.
6He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard [it], and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.
7For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;
8for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;
9for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.
10And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;
11for it hath been written, ‘I live! saith the Lord — to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;’
12so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;
13no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.
14I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean — to that one [it is] unclean;
15and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.
16Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,
17for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
18for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.
19So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;
20for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.
21Right [it is] not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.
22Thou hast faith! to thyself have [it] before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,
23and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because [it is] not of faith; and all that [is] not of faith is sin.
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