14Romans 14

Do Not Judge Others

1Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with them about their personal opinions.Select Romans 14:1

2Some people's faith allows them to eat anything, but the person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables.Select Romans 14:2

3The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person.Select Romans 14:3

4Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed.Select Romans 14:4

5Some people think that a certain day is more important than other days, while others think that all days are the same. We each should firmly make up our own minds.Select Romans 14:5

6Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honor of the Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honor of the Lord, because they give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do so in honor of the Lord, and they give thanks to God.Select Romans 14:6

7We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for ourselves only.Select Romans 14:7

8If we live, it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.Select Romans 14:8

9For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead.Select Romans 14:9

10You then, who eat only vegetables—why do you pass judgment on others? And you who eat anything—why do you despise other believers? All of us will stand before God to be judged by him.Select Romans 14:10

11For the scripture says, “As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord, everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess that I am God.”Select Romans 14:11

12Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God.Select Romans 14:12

Do Not Make Others Fall

13So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin.Select Romans 14:13

14My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you.Select Romans 14:14

15If you hurt others because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the person for whom Christ died!Select Romans 14:15

16Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name.Select Romans 14:16

17For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.Select Romans 14:17

18And when you serve Christ in this way, you please God and are approved by others.Select Romans 14:18

19So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another.Select Romans 14:19

20Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin.Select Romans 14:20

21The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.Select Romans 14:21

22Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between yourself and God. Happy are those who do not feel guilty when they do something they judge is right!Select Romans 14:22

23But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin.Select Romans 14:23