New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.
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Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
2 Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables.
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One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.
3 Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat; for God has welcomed them.
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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 pass judgment on servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
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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 Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds.
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This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind.
6 Those who observe the day, observe it in honor of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honor of the Lord, since they give thanks to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honor of the Lord and give thanks to God.
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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 We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.
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For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
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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 For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
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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 Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
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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 written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."
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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 then, each of us will be accountable to God.
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So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
13 Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of another.
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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 know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
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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 If your brother or sister is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.
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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 So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
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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.
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For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 The one who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and has human approval.
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And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.
19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
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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, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for you to make others fall by what you eat;
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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 good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.
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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 that you have, have as your own conviction before God. Blessed are those who have no reason to condemn themselves because of what they approve.
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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 those who have doubts are condemned if they eat, because they do not act from faith; for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
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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.
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