{"book":"Romans","slug":"romans","ch":14,"genre":"letter","sub":"Romans","prev":"romans/13","next":"romans/15","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on [his] opinions.","f":["Or without quarreling over disputable matters"],"h":"The Law of Liberty","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"For one [person] has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats [only] vegetables.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"The [one who] eats [everything] must not belittle the [one who] [does not], and the [one who] does not eat [everything] must not judge the [one who] [does], for God has accepted him.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To [his] own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"One [person] regards [a certain] day above [the others], while someone [else] considers every day [alike]. Each [one] should be fully convinced in [his] own mind.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"He who observes [a special] day [does so] to [the] Lord; he who eats [does so] to [the] Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains [does so] to [the] Lord and gives thanks to God.","f":["BYZ and TR include he who does not regard the day, to the Lord he does not regard it;"]},{"v":7,"t":"For none of us lives to himself [alone], and none [ of us ] dies to himself [alone].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live [or] die, we belong to the Lord.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both [the] dead and [the] living.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"Why, then, {do} you judge your brother? Or why {do} you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"It is written:“ [As surely as] I live, says [the] Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”","f":["Or will give praise to God or will acknowledge God; Isaiah 45:23 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"It is written:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ [As surely as] I live,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"says [the] Lord,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"every knee will bow before Me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"every tongue will confess to God.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put [any] stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.","f":[],"h":"The Law of Love","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"I am convinced and fully persuaded in [the] Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean in itself. But if [anyone] regards something as unclean, [then] for him [it is] unclean.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"If your brother is distressed by [what you eat], you are no longer acting in love. {Do} not by [your eating] destroy your [brother], for whom Christ died.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"{Do} not {allow} what you [consider] good, then, to be spoken of as evil.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"For the kingdom of God is not [a matter of] eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in [the] Holy Spirit.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"For whoever serves Christ in this way [is] pleasing to God and approved by men.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"{Do} not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All [food is] clean, but [it is] wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"[It is] better not to eat meat [or] drink wine [or to do anything] [to cause] your brother to stumble.","f":["SBL, BYZ, and TR include or to be hindered or weakened."]},{"v":22,"t":"Keep your belief [about such matters] between yourself [and] God. Blessed [is] the [one who] does not condemn himself by what he approves.","f":["Literally Keep the faith that you have to yourself before God"],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"But the [one who] has doubts is condemned if he eats, because [his eating is] not from faith; and everything that [is] not from faith is sin.","f":["Some manuscripts place the text of Romans 16:25–27 here."]}]}