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Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.<a id="ren52014004-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014004-e">e</a> <span id="v52014005" class="ver">5</span>[For] one person considers one day more important than another, while another person considers all days alike.<a id="ren52014005-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014005-f">f</a> Let everyone be fully persuaded in his own mind.<a id="rfn52014005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52014005-1">*</a> <span id="v52014006" class="ver">6</span>Whoever observes the day, observes it for the Lord. Also whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while whoever abstains, abstains for the Lord and gives thanks to God. <span id="v52014007" class="ver">7</span>None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. <span id="v52014008" class="ver">8</span>For if we live, we live for the Lord,<a id="rfn52014008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52014008-1">*</a> and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.<a id="ren52014008-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014008-g">g</a> <span id="v52014009" class="ver">9</span>For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.<a id="ren52014009-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014009-h">h</a> <span id="v52014010" class="ver">10</span>Why then do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;<a id="ren52014010-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014010-i">i</a> <span id="v52014011" class="ver">11</span>for it is written:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,</p> <p class="sl1l">and every tongue shall give praise to God.”<a id="ren52014011-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014011-j">j</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v52014012" class="ver">12</span>So [then] each of us shall give an account of himself [to God].<a id="ren52014012-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014012-k">k</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Consideration for the Weak Conscience.</span> <span id="v52014013" class="ver">13</span>Then let us no longer judge one another, but rather resolve never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.<a id="ren52014013-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014013-l">l</a> <span id="v52014014" class="ver">14</span>I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; still, it is unclean for someone who thinks it unclean.<a id="ren52014014-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014014-m">m</a> <span id="v52014015" class="ver">15</span>If your brother is being hurt by what you eat, your conduct is no longer in accord with love. Do not because of your food destroy him for whom Christ died.<a id="ren52014015-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014015-n">n</a> <span id="v52014016" class="ver">16</span>So do not let your good be reviled.<a id="ren52014016-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014016-o">o</a> <span id="v52014017" class="ver">17</span>For the kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;<a id="ren52014017-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014017-p">p</a> <span id="v52014018" class="ver">18</span>whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by others. <span id="v52014019" class="ver">19</span>Let us<a id="rfn52014019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52014019-1">*</a> then pursue what leads to peace and to building up one another.<a id="ren52014019-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014019-q">q</a> <span id="v52014020" class="ver">20</span>For the sake of food, do not destroy the work of God.<a id="ren52014020-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014020-r">r</a> Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to become a stumbling block by eating; <span id="v52014021" class="ver">21</span>it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. <span id="v52014022" class="ver">22</span>Keep the faith [that] you have to yourself in the presence of God; blessed is the one who does not condemn himself for what he approves. <span id="v52014023" class="ver">23</span><a id="ren52014023-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52014023-s">s</a> But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because this is not from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.<a id="rfn52014023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52014023-1">*</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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