²One person believes he may eat anything,^f while one who is weak eats only vegetables. ³One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat,^g and one who does not eat must not judge one who does,^h because God has accepted him.ⁱ ⁴Who are you to judge^j another’s household servant? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And he will stand, because the Lord is able^B to make him stand.

⁵One person judges one day to be more important than another day.^k Someone else judges every day to be the same. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.^l ⁶Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord.^C Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God;^m and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, and he gives thanks to God. ⁷For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.ⁿ ⁸If 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.^o ⁹Christ died and returned to life^p for this: that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.^q ¹⁰But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.^D^r ¹¹For it is written,

As I live, says the Lord,

every knee will bow to me,^s

and every tongue will give praise to God.^E^t

¹²So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.^u

THE LAW OF LOVE

¹³Therefore, let us no longer judge one another.^v Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in the way of your brother or sister.^w ¹⁴I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself.^x Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.^y ¹⁵For if your brother or sister is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love.^z Do not destroy, by what you eat, someone for whom Christ died.^aa ¹⁶Therefore, do not let your good be slandered,^ab ¹⁷for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,^ac but righteousness, peace, and joy^ad in the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

BOther read For God has the power
COther add but whoever does not observe the day, it is to the Lord that he does not observe it
DOther read of Christ

Cross references

f Rm 14:14
g Lk 18:9
h Col 2:16
i Ac 28:2; Rm 11:15; 15:7
j Rm 9:20; Jms 4:12
k Gl 4:10
l Lk 1:1; Rm 4:21
m Mt 14:19; 1Co 10:30; 1Tm 4:3–4
n Rm 8:38; 2Co 5:15; Gl 2:20; Php 1:20
o Lk 20:38; Php 1:20; 1Th 5:10; Rv 14:13
p Rv 1:18; 2:8
q Mt 28:18; Jn 12:24; Php 2:11; 1Th 5:10
r Rm 2:16; 2Co 5:10
s Php 2:10–11
E Is 45:23; 49:18
t Is 45:23; 49:18
u Mt 12:36; 16:27; 1Pt 4:5
v Mt 7:1; Rm 14:3
w 1Co 8:13
x Ac 10:15; Rm 14:2,20
y 1Co 8:7
z Eph 5:2
aa 1Co 8:11
ab 1Co 10:30; Ti 2:5
ac 1Co 8:8
ad Rm 15:13; Gl 5:22