1 R eceive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.

2 F or one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

3 L et 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.

4 W ho 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.

5 O ne person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.

6 H e 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.

7 F or none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

8 F or 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.

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

10 B ut 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.

11 F or it is written: “ As I live, says the L ord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.”

12 S o then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

13 T herefore 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. The Law of Love

14 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.

15 Y et 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.

16 T herefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;

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

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

19 T herefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

20 D o 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.

21 I t is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

22 D o you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

23 B ut he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.