Romans:14

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* Receive one who is weak in the faith , but not to disputes over doubtful things . * For one believes he may eat all things , but he who is weak eats only vegetables . * Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat , and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats ; for God has received him . * Who are you to judge another 's servant ? To his own master he stands or falls . Indeed , he will be made to stand , for God is able to make him stand . * One person esteems one day above another ; another esteems every day alike . Let each be fully convinced in his own mind . * He who observes the day , observes it to the Lord ; and he who does not observe the day , to the Lord he does not observe it . He who eats , eats to the Lord , for he gives God thanks ; and he who does not eat , to the Lord he does not eat , and gives God thanks . * For none of us lives to himself , and no one dies to himself . * For if we live , we live to the Lord ; and if we die , we die to the Lord . Therefore , whether we live or die , we are the Lord 's . * For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again , that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living . * But why do you judge your brother ? Or why do you show contempt for your brother ? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ . * For it is written : "As I live , says the LORD , Every knee shall bow to Me , And every tongue shall confess to God ." * So then each of us shall give account of himself to God . * Therefore let us not judge one another anymore , but rather resolve this , not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother 's way . * I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself ; but to him who considers anything to be unclean , to him it is unclean . * Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food , you are no longer walking in love . Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died . * Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil ; * for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking , but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit . * For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men . * Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another . * Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food . All things indeed are pure , but it is evil for the man who eats with offense . * It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak . * Do you have faith ? Have it to yourself before God . Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves . * But he who doubts is condemned if he eats , because he does not eat from faith ; for whatever is not from faith is sin .

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