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

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

2 o ne doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

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

3 l et 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.

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.

4 T hou -- 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.

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.

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

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

6 H e 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.

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.

7 F or none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

8 f or 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;

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.

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

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

10 A nd 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;

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.

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

For 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 concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

13 n o longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

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. The Law of Love

14 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;

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 a nd 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.

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.

16 L et not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;

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

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

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

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

19 S o, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

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

20 f or 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

23 a nd 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.

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