⁵One person^a prefers one day over another day, and another person regards every day alike. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind. ⁶The one who is intent on the day is intent on it for the Lord, and the one who eats eats for the Lord, because he is thankful to God, and the one who does not eat does not eat for the Lord, and he is thankful to God. ⁷For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself. ⁸For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. ⁹For Christ died and became alive again for this reason, in order that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

¹⁰But why do you judge your brother? Or also, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. ¹¹For it is written,

“As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me,

and every tongue will praise God.”^b

¹²So^c each one of us will give an account concerning himself.^d

¹³Therefore, let us no longer pass judgment on one another, but rather decide this: not to place a cause for stumbling or a temptation before a brother.

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Footnotes

aSome manuscripts have “For one person”
bA quotation from Isa 45:23
cSome manuscripts have “So then,”
dSome manuscripts have “an account concerning himself to God”