Rom 14 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now accept the one who is weak in faith , but not to have quarrels over opinions .

Romans 14

Principles of Conscience

1 Now ^aaccept the one who is ^bweak ^{▼▼Or in the faith}in faith, but not ^{▼▼Lit for quarrels}to have quarrels over opinions. 2 ^eOne person has faith that he may eat all things, but the one who is ^fweak eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats is not to ^gregard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to ^hjudge the one who eats, for God has ⁱaccepted him. 4 ^jWho are you to judge the ^{▼▼Or house servant}servant of another? To his own ^{▼▼Lit lord}master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 ^mOne person ^{▼▼Lit judges}values one day over another, another ^{▼▼Lit judges}values every day the same. Each person must be ^pfully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and the one who eats, ^{▼▼Lit eats}does so with regard to the Lord, for he ^rgives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat, and he gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us ^slives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore ^twhether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end ^uChrist died and lived again, that He might be ^vLord both of the dead and of the living.

10 But as for you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you as well, why do you ^wregard your brother or sister with contempt? For ^xwe will all appear before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written:

“ ^yAs I live, says the Lord, ^zto Me every knee will bow,
And every tongue will ^{▼▼Or confess}give praise to God.”
12 So then ^abeach one of us will give an account of himself to God.

13 Therefore let’s not ^acjudge one another anymore, but rather ^{▼▼Lit judge}determine this: ^aenot to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s or sister’s way. 14 I know and am convinced ^{▼▼Lit through}in the Lord Jesus that ^agnothing is ^{▼▼I.e., ceremonially unclean; lit common}unclean in itself; but to the one who ^aithinks something is ^{▼▼I.e., ceremonially unclean; lit common}unclean, to that person it is ^{▼▼I.e., ceremonially unclean; lit common}unclean. 15 For if because of food your brother or sister is hurt, you are no longer ^alwalking in accordance with love. ^amDo not destroy with your choice of food that person for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore ^ando not let what is for you a good thing be ^{▼▼Lit blasphemed}spoken of as evil; 17 for the kingdom of God ^apis not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^aqpeace and ^arjoy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For the one who ^asserves Christ in this way is ^atacceptable to God and approved by other people. 19 So then we ^aupursue the things ^{▼▼Lit of peace and the things of the building up}which make for peace and the ^awbuilding up of one another. 20 ^axDo not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. ^ayAll things indeed are clean, but ^azthey are evil for the person who eats ^{▼▼Lit by offense}and causes offense. 21 ^bbIt is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles. 22 The faith which you have, have ^{▼▼Lit according to yourself}as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who ^bddoes not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But ^bethe one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.