The
Weak and The Strong
Accept
him whose Faith is weak,
Without
passing judgment on disputable matters.
2
One man's Faith allows him to eat everything,
But
another man, whose Faith is weak,
Eats
only vegetables.
3
The man who eats everything
Must
not look down on him who does not,
And
the man who does not eat everything
Must
not condemn the man who does,
FOR
GOD HAS ACCEPTED HIM.
4
Who are you to Judge someone else's servant?
TO
HIS OWN MASTER HE STANDS OF FALLS.
And
he will Stand,
For
the Lord is able to make him Stand.
5
One man considers one day more sacred than another;
Another
man considers every day alike.
EACH
ONE SHOULD BE FULLY CONVINCED IN HIS OWN MIND.
6
He who regards on day as special,
DOES
SO TO THE LORD.
He
who eats meat, eats to the Lord,
For
he gives thanks to God;
And
he who abstains, does so to the Lord
And
gives thanks to God.
7
FOR NONE OF US LIVES TO HIMSELF ALONE
AND
NONE OF US DIES TO HIMSELF ALONE.
8
IF WE LIVE, WE LIVE TO THE LORD;
AND
IF WE DIE, WE DIE TO THE LORD.
SO,
WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE,
WE
BELONG TO THE LORD.
9
For this very reason,
Christ
Died and returned to life
So
that He might be the Lord
Of
both the Dead and the Living.
10
You, then, why do you Judge your brother?
Or
why do you look down on your brother?
FOR
WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE GOD'S JUDGMENT SEAT..
11
It is written:
'As
surely as I live,' says the Lord,
'Every
knee will bow before Me;
Every
tongue will confess to God.'
12
SO THEN, EACH OF US
WILL
GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD.
13
THEREFORE LET US STOP PASSING JUDGMENT
ON
ONE ANOTHER.
INSTEAD,
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
NOT
TO PUT ANY STUMBLING BLOCK OR OBSTACLE
IN
YOUR BROTHER'S WAY.
14
AS ONE WHO IS IN THE LORD JESUS,
I
am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself.
But
if anyone regards something as unclean,
Then
for him it is unclean.
15
If your brother is distressed because of what you eat,
You
are no longer acting in love.
Do
not by your eating Destroy your brother
For
whom Christ Died.
16
Do not allow what you consider good
To
be spoken of as Evil.
17
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IS
NOT A MATTER OF EATING AND DRINKING,
BUT
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY
IN
THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BECAUSE
ANYONE WHO SERVES CHRIST IN THIS WAY
IS
PLEASING TO GOD AND APPROVED BY MEN.
19
Let us therefore make every effort
To
do what leads to Peace
And
to mutual Edification.
20
Do not Destroy the Work of God
For
the sake of food.
ALL
FOOD IS CLEAN,
But
it is Wrong for a man to eat anything
That
causes someone else to Stumble.
21
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine
Or
to do anything else
That
will cause your brother to Fall.
22
So whatever you believe about these things
Keep
between yourself and God.
Blessed
is the man who does not condemn himself
By
what he approves.
23
But the man who has doubts is condemned
If
he eats, because his eating is not from Faith;
AND
EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT COME FROM FAITH IS SIN.
(Romans
14)
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