1 N ow accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye -- not to determinations of reasonings;

2 O ne person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only.

one doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

3 T he one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

4 W ho are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Thou -- who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

5 O ne person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind.

One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

6 H e who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.

He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard, and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard. He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

7 F or not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

8 f or if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

9 F or to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.

10 B ut you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

11 F or it is written, “ As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God.”

for it hath been written, `I live! saith the Lord -- to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

12 S o then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

13 T herefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this— not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean -- to that one unclean;

15 F or if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

16 T herefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil;

Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

17 f or the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

18 F or he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

for he who in these things is serving the Christ, acceptable to God and approved of men.

19 S o then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

20 D o not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, pure, but evil to the man who is eating through stumbling.

21 I t is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

Right not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

22 T he faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

Thou hast faith! to thyself have before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

23 B ut he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because not of faith; and all that not of faith is sin.