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To his own <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>One person judges one day above another, another regards every day <i>alike</i>. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>for 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you view your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For it is written, <p class="indent2">“AS I LIVE, SAYS THE <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>LORD, TO ME EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, <p class="indent2">AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather judge this—not to put a stumbling block or offense before a brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I know and am convinced <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in the Lord Jesus that nothing is defiled in itself; but to him who considers anything to be defiled, to him it is defiled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>slandered; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For he who in this <i>way</i> serves Christ is pleasing to God and approved by men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So then <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do 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 <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>and gives offense. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or <i>to do anything</i> by which your brother stumbles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The faith which you have, have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>as your own conviction before God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in what he approves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because <i>his eating is</i> not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>house-servant</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>lord</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 45:23<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>through</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>blasphemed</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Some mss <i>we pursue</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>through stumbling</i>, cf. 14:13, 21<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>according to yourself</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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