14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to
doubtful disputations.
14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who
is weak, eateth herbs.
14:3 Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not; and
let not him who eateth not, judge him that eateth: for God hath
received him.
14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own
master he standeth or falleth: and he shall be held up: for God
is able to make him stand.
14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth
every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own
mind.
14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] to the Lord: and
he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard
[it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God
thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and
giveth God thanks.
14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to
himself.
14:8 For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we
die, we die to 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 revived,
that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living.
14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set
at naught thy brother? for we shall all stand before the
judgment-seat 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 then every one of us shall give account of himself to
God.
14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge
this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion
to fall in [his] brother's way.
14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there
is] nothing unclean by itself: but to him that esteemeth
any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
14:15 But if thy brother is grieved with [thy] food, now walkest
thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy food, for whom
Christ died.
14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
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 that in these things serveth Christ, [is]
acceptable to God, and approved by men.
14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for
peace, and things with which one may edify another.
14:20 For the sake of food, destroy not the work of God. All
things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who
eateth with offense.
14:21 [It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor
[any thing] by which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or
is made weak.
14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy [is]
he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eateth, because [he
eateth] not from faith: for whatever [is] not from faith is
sin.
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