Romans 14:1-23.
Romans 14:1-23 (Good News Translation)
1Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with
them about their personal opinions.
2Some people's faith allows them to eat anything, but the
person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables.
3The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who
doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on
the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person.
4Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their
own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will
succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed.
5Some people think that a certain day is more important than
other days, while others think that all days are the same. We each should
firmly make up our own minds.
6Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honor of the
Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honor of the Lord, because they
give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do
so in honor of the Lord, and they give thanks to God.
7We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for
ourselves only.
8If we live, it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it
is for the Lord that we die. So whether we live or die, we belong to the
Lord.
9For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of
the living and of the dead.
10You then, who eat only vegetables—why do you pass judgment
on others? And you who eat anything—why do you despise other believers?
All of us will stand before God to be judged by him.
11For the scripture says,
As surely as I am the living God, says the
Lord,
everyone will kneel before me,
and everyone will confess that I am God.
12Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to
God.
13So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should
decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into
sin.
14My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is
of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean,
then it becomes unclean for you.
15If you hurt others because of something you eat, then you are
no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the
person for whom Christ died!
16Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name.
17For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but
of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
18And when you serve Christ in this way, you please God and are
approved by others.
19So then, we must always aim
at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one
another.
20Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods
may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else
to fall into sin.
21The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking
wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.
22Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between
yourself and God. Happy are those who do not feel guilty when they do
something they judge is right!
23But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns
them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And
anything that is not based on faith is sin.
God bless you.
1Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with
them about their personal opinions.
2Some people's faith allows them to eat anything, but the
person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables.
3The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who
doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on
the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person.
4Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their
own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will
succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed.
5Some people think that a certain day is more important than
other days, while others think that all days are the same. We each should
firmly make up our own minds.
6Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honor of the
Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honor of the Lord, because they
give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do
so in honor of the Lord, and they give thanks to God.
7We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for
ourselves only.
8If we live, it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it
is for the Lord that we die. So whether we live or die, we belong to the
Lord.
9For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of
the living and of the dead.
10You then, who eat only vegetables—why do you pass judgment
on others? And you who eat anything—why do you despise other believers?
All of us will stand before God to be judged by him.
11For the scripture says,
As surely as I am the living God, says the
Lord,
everyone will kneel before me,
and everyone will confess that I am God.
12Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to
God.
13So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should
decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into
sin.
14My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is
of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean,
then it becomes unclean for you.
15If you hurt others because of something you eat, then you are
no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the
person for whom Christ died!
16Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name.
17For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but
of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
18And when you serve Christ in this way, you please God and are
approved by others.
19So then, we must always aim
at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one
another.
20Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods
may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else
to fall into sin.
21The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking
wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.
22Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between
yourself and God. Happy are those who do not feel guilty when they do
something they judge is right!
23But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns
them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And
anything that is not based on faith is sin.
God bless you.
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