Romans 14:1-13 ▼

1 Him that is weak in the faith, receive kindly, but not to judge his reasonings.

2 One believes that he may eat all things; another, who is weak, eats herbs.

3 Let not him that eats, despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not, judge him that eats: for God has received him.

4 Who are you that judge another man's servant? To his own master he stands or falls; indeed, he shall stand, for God is able to make him stand.

5 One man thinks that one day is better than another; another thinks that every day is alike. Let each be fully assured in his own mind.

6 He that regards the day, to the Lord he regards it; and he that does not regard the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats, eats to the Lord; for he gives God thanks: and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks.

7 For no one lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; or if we die, we die to the Lord. "Whether, therefore, we live or die, we are the Lord's.

9 For this very purpose, Christ both died and rose, and lived again, that he might have dominion over the dead and the living.

10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we all shall stand before the judgment-seat of the Christ.

11 For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God.

12 Therefore, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.

13 Let us, therefore, no longer judge one another: but rather decide to put no stumbling-block or snare in your brother's way.