Now ^aaccept the one who is ^bweak ¹in faith, but not ²to have quarrels over opinions. 2 ^aOne person has faith that he may eat all things, but the one who is ^bweak eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats is not to ^aregard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to ^bjudge the one who eats, for God has ^caccepted him. 4 ^aWho are you to judge the ¹servant of another? To his own ²master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 ^aOne person ¹values one day over another, another ²values every day the same. Each person must be ^bfully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and the one who eats, ¹does so with regard to the Lord, for he ^agives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat, and he gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us ^alives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore ^awhether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end ^aChrist died and lived again, that He might be ^bLord both of the dead and of the living.

10 But as for you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you as well, why do you ^aregard your brother or sister with contempt? For ^bwe will all appear before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written:“^aAS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, ^bTO ME EVERY KNEE WILL BOW,AND EVERY TONGUE WILL ¹GIVE PRAISE TO GOD.” 12 So then ^aeach one of us will give an account of himself to God.

13 Therefore let’s not ^ajudge one another anymore, but rather ¹determine this: ^bnot to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s or sister’s way. 14 I know and am convinced ¹in the Lord Jesus that ^anothing is ²unclean in itself; but to the one who ^bthinks something is ³unclean, to that person it is ⁴unclean. 15 For if because of food your brother or sister is hurt, you are no longer ^awalking in accordance with love. ^bDo not destroy with your choice of food that person for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore ^ado not let what is for you a good thing be ¹spoken of as evil; 17 for the kingdom of God ^ais not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^bpeace and ^cjoy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For the one who ^aserves Christ in this way is ^bacceptable to God and approved by other people. 19 So then we ^apursue the things ¹which make for peace and the ^bbuilding up of one another. 20 ^aDo not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. ^bAll things indeed are clean, but ^cthey are evil for the person who eats ¹and causes offense. 21 ^aIt is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles. 22 The faith which you have, have ¹as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who ^adoes not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But ^athe one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.