Romans 14:1–12

Do Not Judge Another

¹⁴Welcome those who are weak in faith^g but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.^{* 2}Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables.^{* 3}Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat, for God has welcomed them. ⁴Who are you to pass judgment on slaves of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord^h is able to make them stand.

⁵Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. ⁶Those who observe the day, observe it for the Lord. Also those who eat, eat for the Lord, since they give thanks to God, while those who abstain, abstain for the Lord and give thanks to God.^*

⁷For we do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.^{* 8}If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. ⁹For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.^*

¹⁰Why do you pass judgment on 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.^{i* 11}For it is written,

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

and every tongue shall give praise to^j God.”^*

¹²So then, each one of us will be held accountable.^k*