Worsley - Romans - 14

14:1  Receive him that is weak in the faith, but not to disputes about doubtful matters:

14:2  for one believeth that he may eat any food; another, who is weak, liveth upon herbs.

14:3  Let not him, that eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him, that eateth not, censure him that eateth: for God hath received him.

14:4  Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own master he standeth or falleth: yea, he shall be established; for God is able to establish him.

14:5  One preferreth some days to others; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every one be fully satisfied in his own mind.

14:6  He that regardeth a day regardeth it to the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, in deference to the Lord he doth not regard it. So he, that eateth all sorts of food, eateth to the Lord; for he giveth God thanks for it; and he that eateth not of some kinds of food, in deference to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks for the rest.

14:7  For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself:

14:8  but if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

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

14:10  But why dost thou censure thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? since we shall all stand before the tribunal of Christ;

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

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

14:13  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, not to lay a stumbling-block or scandal before a brother.

14:14  I know and have been taught by the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: only to him that thinketh any thing unclean, to him it is unclean.

14:15  But if thy brother be grieved by thy food, thou dost not herein walk in love. Do not by thy food destroy him, for whom Christ died.

14:16  Let not your liberty then be evil-spoken of: for the kingdom of God consists not in meat and drink;

14:17  but in righteousness and peace, and joy in the holy Ghost: for he,

14:18  that in these serveth Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved by men.

14:19  Let us then pursue peace, and mutual edification.

14:20  Do not for the sake of meat destroy thy brother who is the work of God: all things indeed are pure; but to the man that eateth with offence it is evil.

14:21  It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing at which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or weakened.

14:22  Thou who hast faith, have it to thyself before God: and happy is he that condemneth not himself in what he alloweth himself to do.

14:23  But he that hath any scruple, is condemned if he eat; because he doth it not with faith: and whatsoever is not of faith, is sin.