Romans 14 — GNB
14Verse 1Him that is weak in his faith receive with kindness, and not to pass judgment on his thoughts.Verse 2One man hath faith to eat every kind of food; another, who is weak, eateth herbs only.Verse 3Let not him who eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him who eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.Verse 4Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own lord he standeth or falleth; and he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.Verse 5One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike: let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it to the Lord;Verse 6and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. And he that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth thanks to God; and he that doth not eat, to the Lord he doth not eat, and giveth thanks to God.Verse 7For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself.Verse 8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether then we live or die, we are the Lord's.Verse 9For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living.Verse 10But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? And thou, too, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.Verse 11For it is written, “As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”Verse 12So then every one of us will give account of himself to God.Verse 13Let us then no longer judge one another; but let this rather be your judgment, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in a brother's way.Verse 14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him that accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.Verse 15For if on account of food thy brother is made to mourn, thou art no longer walking according to love. Do not with thy food destroy him for whom Christ died.Verse 16Let not then the blessing which ye enjoy be evil spoken of.Verse 17For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;Verse 18for he who in this matter serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.Verse 19Let us then strive to promote peace, and the edification of each other.Verse 20Do not for the sake of food undo the work of God. All things indeed are clean; but that which is pure is evil for that man who eateth so as to be an occasion of sin.Verse 21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is put in danger of falling, or is made weak.Verse 22Thou hast faith; have it to thyself before God. Happy is he who doth not condemn himself in that which he alloweth.Verse 23But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he doeth it not from faith; but every thing which is not from faith is sin.