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1Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but don’t argue about doubtful issues.[#Ac 28:2; Rm 11:15; 12:3; 15:7; #Or weak in the Faith; #Rm 15:1; 1Co 8:9-11; 9:22]
2One person believes he may eat anything, but one who is weak eats only vegetables.[#Rm 14:14]
3One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him.[#Lk 18:9; #Col 2:16; #Ac 28:2; Rm 11:15; 15:7]
4Who are you to criticize another’s household slave? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And he will stand. For the Lord is able to make him stand.[#Rm 9:20; Jms 4:12; #Other mss read For God has the power]
5One person considers one day to be above another day. Someone else considers every day to be the same. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.[#Gl 4:10; #Lk 1:1; Rm 4:21]
6Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord. Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, yet he thanks God.[#Other mss add but whoever does not observe the day, it is to the Lord that he does not observe it; #Mt 14:19; 1Co 10:30; 1Tm 4:3-4]
7For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.[#Rm 8:38; 2Co 5:15; Gl 2:20; Php 1:20]
8If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.[#Lk 20:38; Php 1:20; 1Th 5:10; Rv 14:13]
9Christ died and came to life for this: that He might rule over both the dead and the living.[#Rv 1:18; 2:8; #Mt 28:18; Jn 12:24; Php 2:11; 1Th 5:10]
10But you, why do you criticize your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before the tribunal of God.[#Other mss read of Christ; #Rm 2:16; 2Co 5:10]
11For it is written:
As I live, says the Lord,
every knee will bow to Me,
and every tongue will give praise to God.
12So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.[#Mt 12:36; 16:27; 1Pt 4:5]
13Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way.[#Mt 7:1; Rm 14:3; #1Co 8:13]
14(I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean. )[#Ac 10:15; Rm 14:2,20; #1Co 8:7]
15For if your brother is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy that one Christ died for by what you eat.[#Eph 5:2; #1Co 8:11]
16Therefore, do not let your good be slandered,[#1Co 10:30; Ti 2:5]
17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.[#1Co 8:8; #Rm 15:13; Gl 5:22]
18Whoever serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and approved by men.[#Rm 16:18; #2Co 8:21; Php 4:8; 1Pt 2:12]
19So then, we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.[#Ps 34:14; Rm 12:18; 1Co 7:15; 2Tm 2:22; Heb 12:14; #Rm 15:2; 1Co 10:23; 14:3,26; 2Co 12:19; Eph 4:12,29]
20Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to cause stumbling by what he eats.[#1Co 8:9-13]
21It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.[#Other mss add or offended or weakened]
22Do you have a conviction? Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed.[#Lit have faith; #1Jn 3:21]
23But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from a conviction, and everything that is not from a conviction is sin.[#Rm 14:5; #Or faith; #Or faith]