Romans 14
New King James Version

The Law of Liberty

14 Receive^(A)one who is weak in the faith,butnot to disputes over doubtful things.²For one believes he^(B)may eat all things, but he who is weak eatsonlyvegetables.³Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and^(C)let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.⁴^(D)Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

⁵^(E)One person esteemsoneday above another; another esteems every dayalike.Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.⁶He who^(F)observes the day, observesitto the Lord;^[a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observeit.He who eats, eats to the Lord, for^(G)he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.⁷For^(H)none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.⁸For if we^(I)live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.⁹For^(J)to this end Christ died^[b]and rose and lived again, that He might be^(K)Lord of both the dead and the living.¹⁰But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For^(L)we shall all stand before the judgment seat of^[c]Christ.¹¹For it is written:

^(M)“AsI live, says theLord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”

¹²So then^(N)each of us shall give account of himself to God.¹³Therefore let us not judge one another^[d]anymore, but rather resolve this,^(O)not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall inourbrother’s way.

The Law of Love

¹⁴I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus^(P)thatthere isnothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to himit isunclean.¹⁵Yet if your brother is grieved because ofyourfood, you are no longer walking in love.^(Q)Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.¹⁶^(R)Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;¹⁷^(S)for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and^(T)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.¹⁸For he who serves Christ in^[e]these things^(U)isacceptable to God and approved by men.

¹⁹^(V)Therefore let us pursue the thingswhich makefor peace and the things by which^(W)one may^[f]edify another.²⁰^(X)Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.^(Y)All things indeedarepure,^(Z)butit isevil for the man who eats with^[g]offense.²¹It isgood neither to eat^(AA)meat nor drink wine nordo anythingby which your brother stumbles^[h]or is offended or is made weak.²²^[i]Do you have faith? Haveitto yourself before God.^(AB)Happyishe who does not condemn himself in what he approves.²³But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, becausehe doesnoteatfrom faith; for^(AC)whateverisnot from faith is^[j]sin.