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Romans 14

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Now as for a person whose trust is weak, welcome him - but not to get into arguments over opinions.

2 One person has the trust that will allow him to eat anything, while another whose trust is weak eats only vegetables.

3 The one who eats anything must not look down on the one who abstains; and the abstainer must not pass judgment on the one who eats anything, because God has accepted him -

4 who are you to pass judgment on someone else's servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall; and the fact is that he will stand, because the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One person considers some days more holy than others, while someone else regards them as being all alike. What is important is for each to be fully convinced in his own mind.

6 He who observes a day as special does so to honor the Lord. Also he who eats anything, eats to honor the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; likewise the abstainer abstains to honor the Lord, and he too gives thanks to God.

7 For none of us lives only in relation to himself, and none of us dies only in relation to himself;

8 for if we live, we live in relation to the Lord; and if we die, we die in relation to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord -

9 indeed, it was for this very reason that the Messiah died and came back to life, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

10 You then, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For all of us will stand before God's judgment seat;

11 since it is written in the Tanakh, "As I live, says ADONAI, every knee will bend before me, and every tongue will publicly acknowledge God."

12 So then, every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.

13 Therefore, let's stop passing judgment on each other! Instead, make this one judgment - not to put a stumbling block or a snare in a brother's way.

14 I know - that is, I have been persuaded by the Lord Yeshua the Messiah - that nothing is unclean in itself. But if a person considers something unclean, then for him it is unclean;

15 and if your brother is being upset by the food you eat, your life is no longer one of love. Do not, by your eating habits, destroy someone for whom the Messiah died!

16 Do not let what you know to be good, be spoken of as bad;

17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, shalom and joy in the Ruach HaKodesh.

18 Anyone who serves the Messiah in this fashion both pleases God and wins the approval of other people.

19 So then, let us pursue the things that make for shalom and mutual upbuilding.

20 Don't tear down God's work for the sake of food. True enough, all things are clean; but it is wrong for anybody by his eating to cause someone to fall away.

21 What is good is not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

22 The belief you hold about such things, keep between yourself and God. Happy the person who is free of self-condemnation when he approves of something!

23 But the doubter comes under condemnation if he eats, because his action is not based on trust. And anything not based on trust is a sin.

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.

2 One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.

3 Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.

5 This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind.

6 He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.

7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.

8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.

9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

11 For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.

12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.

13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

14 I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

15 And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.

16 Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.

22 The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.

23 But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.