New Testament · Letters

Romans chapter 14

anyone whose in God is still developing, but don’t drag them into arguments about .One person’s trust lets them , while someone whose trust is still developing eats only vegetables.The person who eats everything shouldn’t the one who doesn’t, and the one who doesn’t eat everything shouldn’t on the one who does—because God has welcomed that person.Who are you to judge someone else’s ? It’s their own who decides whether they stand or fall—and they will stand, because the Master has the power to keep them on their feet.One person considers a certain than another, while someone else considers every day the same. Each person should be in their own thinking.The person who observes a special day does it for the Master. The person who eats everything does it for the Master, since they give thanks to God. And the person who doesn’t eat certain things does it for the Master, and they also give thanks to God.None of us lives just for ourselves, and none of us dies just for ourselves.If we live, we live for the Master. If we die, we die for the Master. So whether we live or die, we the Master.This is exactly why died and —so that he could be over both the dead and the living.So why do you judge your ? And why do you look down on your brother or sister? We will all stand before God’s .Because it’s written: “As surely as I live, says the Master, to me, and every tongue will God.”So then, each of us will of ourselves to God.So let’s stop judging each other. Instead, make this your judgment call: never put an or a in front of a brother or sister.I know and am in the Master Jesus that nothing is in itself. But if someone considers something unacceptable, then for that person it is unacceptable.If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting out of . Don’t let your food choices someone that The One died for.Don’t let something you consider be spoken of as if it were wrong.Because isn’t about what you eat or drink—it’s about , and , and that come from the .Anyone who The One this way pleases God and earns the respect of people.So then, let’s go after the things that lead to peace and the things that .Don’t tear down over food. Everything is acceptable to eat, but it’s wrong to eat something if it causes another person to .The right thing to do is to not eat or drink or do anything else that causes your brother or sister to stumble.Whatever you about these things, keep between yourself and God. the person who doesn’t condemn themselves over what they’ve decided is okay.But the person who has is self-condemned if they eat, because their eating doesn’t come from . And everything that doesn’t come from trust is .