Romans 14:1-13 ▼

1 But him that is weak in the faith receive ye, yet not for decisions of scruples.

2 One believes that he may eat all things; but he that is weak eats herbs.

3 Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him that does not eat despise him that eats; for God received him.

4 Who are you that judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One man, indeed, esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike . Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.

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

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

8 For, if we live, we live to the Lord; and, if we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

9 For to this end Christ died, and lived, that He might be Lord of both dead and living.

10 But you—why do you judge your brother? or you also—why do you despise your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.

11 For it has been written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God."

12 So, then, each one of us shall give account concerning himself to God.

13 Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion of falling, in a brother's way.