Romans 14

Romans 14:1 Accept the one who is fragile in the faith; do not criticize and argue.

Romans 14:2 You believe in eating anything, but the fragile believer eats only vegetables.

Romans 14:3 You who eat anything must not look down on the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not criticize the one who eats anything because God has accepted him.

Romans 14:4 Who are you to criticize another’s servant? To his lord, he stands or falls. And he will stand because the Lord is able to make him stand.

Romans 14:5 One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his mind.

Romans 14:6 The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

Romans 14:7 Because none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

Romans 14:8 If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 14:9 This is the reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

Romans 14:10 But you who eat vegetables only– why do you criticize your brother or sister? And you who eat anything– why do you look down on your brother or sister? Because we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

Romans 14:11 Scripture puts it this way, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”

Romans 14:12 So, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Romans 14:13 Then, we must no longer criticize one another but instead determine never to impede or trap a brother.

Romans 14:14 I know and have been persuaded in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

Romans 14:15 Because if your brother or sister is distressed by what you are eating, you are no longer walking in care. Do not destroy by your choice of food someone for whom Christ died.

Romans 14:16 Then do not let your good deed be blasphemed.

Romans 14:17 Because the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Sacred Breath.

Romans 14:18 Because the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by humans.

Romans 14:19 So then, let us chase what makes for peace and for building up one another.

Romans 14:20 Do not destroy the achievement of God for the sake of food. Although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause humans to stumble by what they eat.

Romans 14:21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

Romans 14:22 The confident faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by how he evaluates things.

Romans 14:23 But the one who is doubting is condemned if he eats because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not done from faith is failing.

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