Romans 14

Him that is ^aweak in the faith ^breceive you, but not to doubtful disputations. ²For one believeth ^dthat he may eat all things: another, who is ^aweak, eateth herbs. ³Let not him that eateth ^rdespise him that eateth not; and ^elet not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath ^breceived him. ^4fWho art thou that judgest another man’s ^gservant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. ^5hOne man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. ⁱLet every man be ^kfully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for ^lhe giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. ⁷For ^mnone of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. ⁸For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. ⁹For ^mto this end Christ both ⁿdied, and rose, and ^orevived, that he might be ^pLord both ^qof the dead and living.

¹⁰But ^ewhy dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou ^rset at nought thy brother? for ^swe shall all stand before ^tthe judgment seat of Christ. ¹¹For it is written, ^uAs I live, saith the Lord, ^wevery knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. ¹²So then ^xevery one of us shall give account of himself to God. ^13eLet us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, ^ythat no man put a ^zstumblingblock or ^aan occasion to fall in his brother’s way. ¹⁴I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, ^bthat there is nothing unclean of itself: but ^cto him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. ¹⁵But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. ^dDestroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. ^16eLet not then your good be evil spoken of: ¹⁷for ^fthe kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. ¹⁸For he that in these things ^gserveth Christ is ^hacceptable to God, and ^eapproved of men. ¹⁹Let us therefore ⁱfollow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith ^kone may edify another. ^20dFor meat destroy not the work of God. ^blAll things indeed are pure; ^mbut it is evil for that man who eateth with ^zoffence. ²¹ⁿIt is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. ²²Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. ^oHappy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he ^palloweth. ²³And he that ^qdoubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for ^lwhatsoever is not of faith is sin.

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