Romans 14

Legacy Standard Bible

Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

14 Now ^(A)accept the one who is ^(B)weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on opinions. ^2 (C)One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is ^(D)weak eats vegetables only. ³ The one who eats must not ^(E)view the one who does not eat with contempt, and the one who does not eat must not ^(F)judge the one who eats, for God ^(G)accepted him. ^4 (H)Who are you to judge the ^[a]servant of another? To his own ^[b]master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

^5 (I)One person judges one day above another, another judges every day alike. Each person must be ^(J)fully convinced in his own mind. ⁶ He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord, and he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he ^(K)gives thanks to God; and he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat and gives thanks to God. ⁷ For not one of us ^(L)lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; ⁸ for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore ^(M)whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. ⁹ For to this end ^(N)Christ died and lived again, that He might be ^(O)Lord both of the dead and of the living.

¹⁰ But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you ^(P)view your brother with contempt? For ^(Q)we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. ¹¹ For it is written,

¹² So then ^(T)each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

¹³ Therefore let us not ^(U)judge one another anymore, but rather judge this—^(V)not to put a stumbling block or offense before a brother. ¹⁴ I know and am convinced ^[d]in the Lord Jesus that ^(W)nothing is defiled in itself; but to him who ^(X)considers anything to be defiled, to him it is defiled. ¹⁵ For if because of food your brother is grieved, you are no longer ^(Y)walking according to love. ^(Z)Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Therefore ^(AA)do not let what is for you a good thing be ^[e]slandered; ¹⁷ for the kingdom of God ^(AB)is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^(AC)peace and ^(AD)joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he who in this way ^(AE)serves Christ is ^(AF)pleasing to God and approved by men. ¹⁹ So then ^[f]let us ^(AG)pursue the things which make for peace and the ^(AH)building up of one another. ^20 (AI)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. ^(AJ)All things indeed are clean, but ^(AK)they are evil for the man who eats ^[g]and gives offense. ^21 (AL)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. ²² The faith which you have, have ^[h]as your own conviction before God. Blessed is he who ^(AM)does not judge himself in what he approves. ²³ But ^(AN)he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.