Romans 14

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas.	1 As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions.
2 For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants.	2 One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables.
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.	3 Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him.
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.	4 Who 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 Master is able to make him stand.
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.	5 One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike. Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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.	6 He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.	7 None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
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.	8 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 Lords.
9 For Christ died and rose again for this purpose: that he might be the ruler of both the dead and the living.	9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
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.	10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of 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.”	11 for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."
12 And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.	12 So each of us shall give account of himself to God.
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.	13 Then let us no more pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
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.	14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean.
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.	15 If your brother is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.
16 Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy.	16 So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.	17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;
18 For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men.	18 he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.
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.	19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
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.	20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for any one to make others fall by what he eats;
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.	21 it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
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.	22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God; happy is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves.
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.	23 But he who has doubts is condemned, if he eats, because he does not act from faith; for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.