| Chapter
14 |
| 1 | Him
that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. |
| 2 | For one believeth that he
may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. |
| 3 | Let not him that eateth despise him that
eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God
hath received him. |
| 4 | Who
art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or
falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. |
| 5 | One man esteemeth one day
above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully
persuaded in his own mind. |
| 6 |
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that
regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth,
eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the
Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. |
| 7 | For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to
himself. |
| 8 | For whether we
live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether
we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. |
| 9 | For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. |
|
10 | But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost
thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat
of Christ. |
| 11 | For it is
written,
As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every
tongue shall confess to God.
Isa 45:23
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| 12
| So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. |
| 13 | Let us not therefore judge one
another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an
occasion to fall in his brother's way. |
| 14 | I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there
is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be
unclean, to him it is unclean. |
| 15
| But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. |
| 16 | Let not then your good be evil
spoken of: |
| 17 | For the
kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in
the Holy Ghost. |
| 18 | For
he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of
men. |
| 19 | Let us therefore
follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may
edify another. |
| 20 | For
meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil
for that man who eateth with offence. |
| 21 | It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor
any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. |
| 22 | Hast thou faith? have it
to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing
which he alloweth. |
| 23 |
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for
whatsoever is not of faith is sin. |
