RKJNT - Romans - 14

14:1  Accept him who is weak in the faith, and do not dispute over his opinions.

14:2  For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

14:3  Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat; and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats: for God has accepted him.

14:4  Who are you to judge another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be upheld: for the Lord is able to make him stand.

14:5  One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind.

14:6  He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord; He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, abstains for the Lord, and gives God thanks.

14:7  For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.

14:8  For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord: therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

14:9  For to this end Christ both died, and rose to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

14:10  Why do you judge your brother? or why do you despise your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.

14:11  For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

14:12  So then, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.

14:13  Therefore, let us not judge one another any more: but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or an obstacle in a brother's way.

14:14  I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

14:15  But if your brother is hurt because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

14:16  Therefore, do not let your good be spoken of as evil:

14:17  For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

14:18  For he who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God, and approved by men.

14:19  Therefore, let us follow after the things which make for peace, and things which edify one another.

14:20  Do not destroy the work of God for food. All things indeed are pure; but it is wrong for a man to cause another to fall by what he eats.

14:21  It is good not to eat meat, or to drink wine, or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

14:22  Do you have a conviction? keep it for yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in that thing which he approves.

14:23  But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith: and whatever is not from faith is sin.