| 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. | 1 But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas. |
| 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. | 2 For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants. |
| 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. | 3 He who eats should not despise him who does not eat. And he who does not eat should not judge him who eats. For God has accepted him. |
| 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. | 4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? He stands or falls by his own Lord. But he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand. |
| 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. | 5 For one person discerns one age from the next. But another discerns unto every age. Let each one increase according to his own mind. |
| 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. | 6 He who understands the age, understands for the Lord. And he who eats, eats for the Lord; for he gives thanks to God. And he who does not eat, does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. |
| 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. | 7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself. |
| 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. | 8 For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. |
| 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. | 9 For Christ died and rose again for this purpose: that he might be the ruler of both the dead and the living. |
| 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. | 10 So then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. |
| 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. | 11 For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” |
| 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. | 12 And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God. |
| 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. | 13 Therefore, we should no longer judge one another. Instead, judge this to a greater extent: that you should not place an obstacle before your brother, nor lead him astray. |
| 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. | 14 I know, with confidence in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in and of itself. But to him who considers anything to be unclean, it is unclean to him. |
| 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. | 15 For if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are not now walking according to love. Do not allow your food to destroy him for whom Christ died. |
| 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: | 16 Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy. |
| 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. | 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit. |
| 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. | 18 For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men. |
| 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. | 19 And so, let us pursue the things that are of peace, and let us keep to the things that are for the edification of one another. |
| 20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. | 20 Do not be willing to destroy the work of God because of food. Certainly, all things are clean. But there is harm for a man who offends by eating. |
| 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. | 21 It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened. |
| 22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. | 22 Do you have faith? It belongs to you, so hold it before God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in that by which he is tested. |
| 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. | 23 But he who discerns, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin. |