Romans 14 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

Now^G1161 accept^G4355 the one who is weak^G770 in faith^G4102, but not for the purpose of passing^G1253 judgment^G1253 on opinions^G1261.

Rom 14:2

Rom 14:2One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only.

Rom 14:3

Rom 14:3The one who eats must not view the one who does not eat with contempt, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God accepted him.

Rom 14:4

Rom 14:4Who are you to judge the [fn]servant of another? To his own [fn]master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Rom 14:5

One^G3739^G3303 person judges^G2919 one day^G2250 above^G3844 another^G2250, another^G3739^G1161 judges^G2919 every^G3956 day^G2250 alike. Each^G1538 person^G1538 must be fully^G4135 convinced^G4135 in his own^G2398 mind^G3563.

Rom 14:6

Rom 14:6He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord, and he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat and gives thanks to God.

Rom 14:7

Rom 14:7For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

Rom 14:8

Rom 14:8for 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.

Rom 14:9

Rom 14:9For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

Rom 14:10

But you, why^G5101 do you judge^G2919 your brother^G80? Or^G2228 you again^G2532, why^G5101 do you view^G1848 your brother^G80 with^G1848 contempt^G1848? For we will all^G3956 stand^G3936 before^G3936 the judgment^G968 seat^G968 of God^G2316.

Rom 14:11

Rom 14:11For it is written,

“AS I LIVE^G2198, SAYS^G3004 THE [fn]LORD^G2962, TO ME EVERY^G3956 KNEE^G1119 SHALL BOW^G2578,

AND EVERY^G3956 TONGUE^G1100 SHALL CONFESS^G1843 TO GOD^G2316.”

Rom 14:12

So^G686 then^G686 each^G1538 one^G1538 of us will give^G1325 an account^G3056 of himself^G1438 to God^G2316.

Rom 14:13

Therefore^G3767 let us not judge^G2919 one^G240 another^G240 anymore^G3371, but rather^G3123 judge^G2919 this^G3778—not to put^G5087 a stumbling^G4348 block^G4348 or^G2228 offense^G4625 before a brother^G80.

Rom 14:14

Rom 14:14I know and am convinced [fn]in the Lord Jesus that nothing is defiled in itself; but to him who considers anything to be defiled, to him it is defiled.

Rom 14:15

Rom 14:15For if because of food your brother is grieved, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

Rom 14:16

Rom 14:16Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be [fn]slandered;

Rom 14:17

Rom 14:17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Rom 14:18

Rom 14:18For he who in this way serves Christ is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Rom 14:19

Rom 14:19So then [fn]let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.

Rom 14:20

Rom 14:20Do 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 [fn]and gives offense.

Rom 14:21