Romans 14

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1 Welcome anyone who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.	1 But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas.
2 One person believes that one may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.	2 For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants.
3 The one who eats must not despise the one who abstains, and the one who abstains must not pass judgment on the one who eats; for God has welcomed 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 are you to pass judgment on someone else's servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord 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 (For) one person considers one day more important than another, while another person considers all days alike. Let everyone 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 Whoever observes the day, observes it for the Lord. Also whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while whoever abstains, abstains for the Lord and gives thanks to God.	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 None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.	7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.
8 For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live 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 this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the 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 Why then do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;	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, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise 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) each of us shall give an account of himself (to God).	12 And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.
13 Then let us no longer judge one another, but rather resolve never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.	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 convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; still, it is unclean for someone who thinks it 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 If your brother is being hurt by what you eat, your conduct is no longer in accord with love. Do not because of your food destroy him 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 So do not let your good be reviled.	16 Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy.
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;	17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.
18 whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by others.	18 For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men.
19 Let us then pursue what leads to peace and to building up one 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 the sake of food, do not destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to become a stumbling block by eating;	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 not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.	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 Keep the faith (that) you have to yourself in the presence of God; blessed is the one who does not condemn himself for what he approves.	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 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because this is not from faith; for whatever is not from 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.