| 1 Infirmum autem in fide assumite, non in disceptationibus cogitationum. | 1 Give a welcome to anyone whose faith is not strong, but do not get into arguments about doubtfulpoints. |
| 2 Alius enim credit se manducare omnia : qui autem infirmus est, olus manducet. | 2 One person may have faith enough to eat any kind of food; another, less strong, wil eat onlyvegetables. |
| 3 Is qui manducat, non manducantem non spernat : et qui non manducat, manducantem non judicet : Deus enim illum assumpsit. | 3 Those who feel free to eat freely are not to condemn those who are unwil ing to eat freely; nor mustthe person who does not eat freely pass judgement on the one who does -- because God has welcomed him. |
| 4 Tu quis es, qui judicas alienum servum ? domino suo stat, aut cadit : stabit autem : potens est enim Deus statuere illum. | 4 And who are you, to sit in judgement over somebody else's servant? Whether he deserves to beupheld or to fall is for his own master to decide; and he shal be upheld, for the Lord has power to uphold him. |
| 5 Nam alius judicat diem inter diem : alius autem judicat omnem diem : unusquisque in suo sensu abundet. | 5 One person thinks that some days are holier than others, and another thinks them al equal. Let eachof them be ful y convinced in his own mind. |
| 6 Qui sapit diem, Domino sapit, et qui manducat, Domino manducat : gratias enim agit Deo. Et qui non manducat, Domino non manducat, et gratias agit Deo. | 6 The one who makes special observance of a particular day observes it in honour of the Lord. So theone who eats freely, eats in honour of the Lord, making his thanksgiving to God; and the one who does not,abstains from eating in honour of the Lord and makes his thanksgiving to God. |
| 7 Nemo enim nostrum sibi vivit, et nemo sibi moritur. | 7 For none of us lives for himself and none of us dies for himself; |
| 8 Sive enim vivemus, Domino vivimus : sive morimur, Domino morimur. Sive ergo vivimus, sive morimur, Domini sumus. | 8 while we are alive, we are living for the Lord, and when we die, we die for the Lord: and so, alive ordead, we belong to the Lord. |
| 9 In hoc enim Christus mortuus est, et resurrexit : ut et mortuorum et vivorum dominetur. | 9 It was for this purpose that Christ both died and came to life again: so that he might be Lord of boththe dead and the living. |
| 10 Tu autem quid judicas fratrem tuum ? aut tu quare spernis fratrem tuum ? omnes enim stabimus ante tribunal Christi. | 10 Why, then, does one of you make himself judge over his brother, and why does another among youdespise his brother? Al of us wil have to stand in front of the judgement-seat of God: |
| 11 Scriptum est enim : Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, quoniam mihi flectetur omne genu : et omnis lingua confitebitur Deo. | 11 as scripture says: By my own life says the Lord, every knee shal bow before me, every tongue shalgive glory to God. |
12 Itaque unusquisque nostrum pro se rationem reddet Deo.
| 12 It is to God, then, that each of us will have to give an account of himself. |
| 13 Non ergo amplius invicem judicemus : sed hoc judicate magis, ne ponatis offendiculum fratri, vel scandalum. | 13 Let us each stop passing judgement, therefore, on one another and decide instead that none of uswil place obstacles in any brother's way, or anything that can bring him down. |
| 14 Scio, et confido in Domino Jesu, quia nihil commune per ipsum, nisi ei qui existimat quid commune esset, illi commune est. | 14 I am sure, and quite convinced in the Lord Jesus, that no food is unclean in itself; it is only ifsomeone classifies any kind of food as unclean, then for him it is unclean. |
| 15 Si enim propter cibum frater tuus contristatur, jam non secundum caritatem ambulas. Noli cibo tuo illum perdere, pro quo Christus mortuus est. | 15 And indeed, if through any kind of food you are causing offence to a brother, then you are no longerbeing guided by love. You are not to let the food that you eat cause the ruin of anyone for whom Christ died. |
| 16 Non ergo blasphemetur bonum nostrum. | 16 A privilege of yours must not be allowed to give rise to harmful talk; |
| 17 Non est enim regnum Dei esca et potus : sed justitia, et pax, et gaudium in Spiritu Sancto : | 17 for it is not eating and drinking that make the kingdom of God, but the saving justice, the peace andthe joy brought by the Holy Spirit. |
| 18 qui enim in hoc servit Christo, placet Deo, et probatus est hominibus. | 18 It is the person who serves Christ in these things that wil be approved by God and respected byeveryone. |
| 19 Itaque quæ pacis sunt, sectemur : et quæ ædificationis sunt, in invicem custodiamus. | 19 So then, let us be always seeking the ways which lead to peace and the ways in which we cansupport one another. |
| 20 Noli propter escam destruere opus Dei, omnia quidem sunt munda : sed malum est homini, qui per offendiculum manducat. | 20 Do not wreck God's work for the sake of food. Certainly al foods are clean; but al the same, anykind can be evil for someone to whom it is an offence to eat it. |
| 21 Bonum est non manducare carnem, et non bibere vinum, neque in quo frater tuus offenditur, aut scandalizatur, aut infirmatur. | 21 It is best to abstain from eating any meat, or drinking any wine, or from any other activity whichmight cause a brother to fall away, or to be scandalised, or to weaken. |
| 22 Tu fidem habes ? penes temetipsum habe coram Deo. Beatus qui non judicat semetipsum in eo quod probat. | 22 Within yourself, before God, hold on to what you already believe. Blessed is the person whoseprinciples do not condemn his practice. |
| 23 Qui autem discernit, si manducaverit, damnatus est : quia non ex fide. Omne autem, quod non est ex fide, peccatum est. | 23 But anyone who eats with qualms of conscience is condemned, because this eating does not spring from faith -- and every action which does not spring from faith is sin. |