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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 14 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > Romans 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/13.htm" title="Romans 13">◄</a> Romans 14 <a href="../romans/15.htm" title="Romans 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/romans/14-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Law of Liberty<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/7.htm">Matthew 7:1–6</a>; <a href ="../luke/6.htm#37">Luke 6:37–42</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A weak convert receive as a friend without regard to any difference of opinion. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>let not him that eateth, despise him that does not; and let not him that refrains, pass censure on him that eateth: for God hath received him. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>who art thou that judgest the domestick of another? his staying or removal depends solely upon his master: yea, he shall be fixed: for God is able to establish him.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>one man thinks one day fitter for religious worship than another: another thinks every day alike, let every man follow the persuasion of his own mind. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>he that observes a day, and he that obobserves it not, act both from a sense of duty, he that eats, consisiders it as the bounty of his Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that forbeareth to eat, considers his forbearance as enjoined by his Lord, and giveth God thanks for the rest. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for we neither live, nor die, as if we were our own masters. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>if we live, our life is appropriated to the Lord; and if we die, we die as his servants: whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>why then dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou think contemptibly of thy brother? since we shall all of us be brought before the judgment-seat of Christ.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for it is written, "as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Since then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God;<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Law of Love<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:1–13</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>let us not judge one another any more: but rather come to this determination, not to put a stumbling-block, or any thing in a brother's way, that may make him fall. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I know, being fully assured by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: it is only so to him that thinks it is unclean. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>now if your brother be endanger'd by your eating, you violate the obligations of love: for such a matter as eating, will you risk his life, for whom Christ died? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Don't let our religion then be expos'd to reproach. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>for the gospel dispensation does not consist in meats and drinks, but in piety and peace, and spiritual joy. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for he that thus pays his allegiance to Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Let us therefore pursue those things which tend to peace, and mutual edification. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>do not for such a thing as meat, pull down what God has been raising, all things indeed are pure; but they become evil to him who by eating giveth offence. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>it is better to abstain from flesh, and wine, and every thing whereby your brother is in danger of falling off. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>keep the persuasion you have, to your own conscience, blessed is he that approves himself to God, without making any difference about meats: <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>for he that makes a difference, is self-condemn'd, if he eats against his own persuasion: for every action of that kind is sin.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../romans/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Romans 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Romans 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../romans/15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Romans 15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Romans 15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>