Romans 14

¹As for the one who is weak in faith , welcome him , but not to quarrel over opinions .

²One person believes he may eat anything , while the weak person eats only vegetables .

³Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains , and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats , for God has welcomed him .

⁴Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another ? It is before his own master that he stands or falls . And he will be upheld , for the Lord is able to make him stand .

⁵One person esteems one day as better than another , while another esteems all days alike . Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind .

⁶The one who observes the day , observes it in honor of the Lord . The one who eats , eats in honor of the Lord , since he gives thanks to God , while the one who abstains , abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God .

⁷For none of us lives to himself , and none of us dies to himself .

⁸For if we live , we live to the Lord , and if we die , we die to the Lord . So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s .

⁹For to this end Christ died and lived again , that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living .

¹⁰Why do you pass judgment on your brother ? Or you , why do you despise your brother ? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God ;

¹¹for it is written , As I live , says the Lord , every knee shall bow to me , and every tongue shall confess to God .

¹²So then each of us will give an account of himself to God .

¹³Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer , but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother .

¹⁴I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself , but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean .

¹⁵For if your brother is grieved by what you eat , you are no longer walking in love . By what you eat , do not destroy the one for whom Christ died .

¹⁶So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil .

¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit .

¹⁸Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men .

¹⁹So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding .

²⁰Do not , for the sake of food , destroy the work of God . Everything is indeed clean , but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats .

²¹It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble .

²²The faith that you have , keep between yourself and God . Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves .

²³But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats , because the eating is not from faith . For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin .