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Romans 14:10-23

10Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11It is written:

“As surely as I live,says the Lord,every knee will bow before Me;every tongue will confess to God.”1

12So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. 15If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

16Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil. 17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block. 21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.2

22Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God.3 Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.4

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 14:11 Or will give praise to God or will acknowledge God; Isaiah 45:23 (see also LXX) ↩
  2. 2. Romans 14:21 SBL, BYZ, and TR include or to be hindered or weakened. ↩
  3. 3. Romans 14:22 Literally Keep the faith that you have to yourself before God ↩
  4. 4. Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts place the text of Romans 16:25–27 here. ↩

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