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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 WEY</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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEY</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 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">Weymouth New testament</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Judge Your Brother<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/7.htm">Matthew 7:1-6</a>; <a href="../luke/6.htm#37">Luke 6:37-42</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let not him who eats certain food look down upon him who abstains from it, nor him who abstains from it find fault with him who eats it; for God has received both of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who are you that you should find fault with the servant of another? Whether he stands or falls is a matter which concerns his own master. But stand he will; for the Master can give him power to stand.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>One man esteems one day more highly than another; another esteems all days alike. Let every one be thoroughly convinced in his own mind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If we live, we live to the Lord: if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For this was the purpose of Christ's dying and coming to life—namely that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But you, why do you find fault with your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon your brother? We shall all stand before God to be judged;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall make confession to God.'"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God.</p> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Cause Your Brother to Stumble<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../ezekiel/14.htm">Ezekiel 14:1-11</a>; <a href="../1_corinthians/8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:1-13</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement—that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am certain that in its own nature no food is 'impure'; but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If your brother is pained by the food you are eating, your conduct is no longer controlled by love. Take care lest, by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be exposed to reproach. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes pleasure in him, and men highly commend him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual upbuilding of character. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>As for you and your faith, keep your faith to yourself in the presence of God. The man is to be congratulated who does not pronounce judgement on himself in what his actions sanction. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he who has misgivings and yet eats meat is condemned already, because his conduct is not based on faith; for all conduct not based on faith is sinful.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/romans/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>