Romans 14:1–13

Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

1 Now aaccept the one who is bweak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on opinions.

2 aOne person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is bweak eats vegetables only.

3 The one who eats must not aview the one who does not eat with contempt, and the one who does not eat must not bjudge the one who eats, for God caccepted him.

4 aWho are you to judge the 1servant of another? To his own 2master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 aOne person judges one day above another, another judges every day alike. Each person must be bfully 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 agives 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 alives 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 awhether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

9 For to this end aChrist died and lived again, that He might be bLord both of the dead and of the living.

10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you aview your brother with contempt? For bwe will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

11 For it is written,

“aAs I live, says the 1Lord, bto Me every knee shall bow,

And every tongue shall confess to God.”

12 So then aeach one of us will give an account of himself to God.

13 Therefore let us not ajudge one another anymore, but rather judge this—bnot to put a stumbling block or offense before a brother.