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