⁵Some people consider one day to be more holy than another. Others think all days are the same. Each person should be absolutely sure in his own mind. ⁶Those who think one day is special do it to honor the Lord. Those who eat meat do it to honor the Lord. They give thanks to God. Those who don’t eat meat do it to honor the Lord. They also give thanks to God.

⁷We don’t live for ourselves alone. And we don’t die all by ourselves. ⁸If we live, we live to honor the Lord. If we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

⁹Christ died and came back to life. He did this to become the Lord of both the dead and the living.

¹⁰Now then, who are you to judge your brother or sister? Why do you look down on them? We will all stand in God’s courtroom to be judged. ¹¹It is written,

“ ‘You can be sure that I live,’ says the Lord.

‘And you can be just as sure that every knee will bow down in front of me.

Every tongue will tell the truth to God.’ ”

¹²So we will all have to explain to God the things we have done.

¹³Let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put anything in your brother’s way that would make him trip and fall.

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