Romans 14 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Principles of Conscience

14 Now (A)accept the one who is (B)weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. 2 (C)One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is (D)weak eats vegetables only. 3 The one who eats is not to (E)regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to (F)judge the one who eats, for God has (G)accepted him. 4 (H)Who are you to judge the [a]servant of another? To his own [b]master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 (I)One person [c]regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be (J)fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, [d]does so for the Lord, for he (K)gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us (L)lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore (M)whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end (N)Christ died and lived again, that He might be (O)Lord both of the dead and of the living.

10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you (P)regard your brother with contempt? For (Q)we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written,

“(R)As I live, says the Lord, (S)every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall [e]give praise to God.”

12 So then (T)each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

13 Therefore let us not (U)judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—(V)not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way. 14 I know and am convinced [f]in the Lord Jesus that (W)nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who (X)thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer (Y)walking according to love. (Z)Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore (AA)do not let what is for you a good thing be [g]spoken of as evil; 17 for the kingdom of God (AB)is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and (AC)peace and (AD)joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who in this way (AE)serves Christ is (AF)acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then [h]we (AG)pursue the things which make for peace and the (AH)building up of one another. 20 (AI)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. (AJ)All things indeed are clean, but (AK)they are evil for the man who eats [i]and gives offense. 21 (AL)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. 22 The faith which you have, have [j]as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who (AM)does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But (AN)he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:4 Or house-servant
  2. Romans 14:4 Lit lord
  3. Romans 14:5 Lit judges
  4. Romans 14:6 Lit eats
  5. Romans 14:11 Or confess
  6. Romans 14:14 Lit through
  7. Romans 14:16 Lit blasphemed
  8. Romans 14:19 Later mss read let us pursue
  9. Romans 14:20 Lit with offense
  10. Romans 14:22 Lit according to yourself

Cross references

  1. Romans 14:1 : Acts 28:2; Rom 11:15; 14:3; 15:7
  2. Romans 14:1 : Rom 14:2; 15:1; 1 Cor 8:9ff; 9:22
  3. Romans 14:2 : Rom 14:14
  4. Romans 14:2 : Rom 14:1; 15:1; 1 Cor 8:9ff; 9:22
  5. Romans 14:3 : Luke 18:9; Rom 14:10
  6. Romans 14:3 : Rom 14:10, 13; Col 2:16
  7. Romans 14:3 : Acts 28:2; Rom 11:15; 14:1; 15:7
  8. Romans 14:4 : Rom 9:20; James 4:12
  9. Romans 14:5 : Gal 4:10
  10. Romans 14:5 : Luke 1:1; Rom 4:21; 14:23
  11. Romans 14:6 : Matt 14:19; 15:36; 1 Cor 10:30; 1 Tim 4:3f
  12. Romans 14:7 : Rom 8:38f; 2 Cor 5:15; Gal 2:20; Phil 1:20f
  13. Romans 14:8 : Luke 20:38; Phil 1:20; 1 Thess 5:10; Rev 14:13
  14. Romans 14:9 : Rev 1:18; 2:8
  15. Romans 14:9 : Matt 28:18; John 12:24; Phil 2:11; 1 Thess 5:10
  16. Romans 14:10 : Luke 18:9; Rom 14:3
  17. Romans 14:10 : Rom 2:16; 2 Cor 5:10
  18. Romans 14:11 : Is 45:23
  19. Romans 14:11 : Phil 2:10f
  20. Romans 14:12 : Matt 12:36; 16:27; 1 Pet 4:5
  21. Romans 14:13 : Matt 7:1; Rom 14:3
  22. Romans 14:13 : 1 Cor 8:13
  23. Romans 14:14 : Acts 10:15; Rom 14:2, 20
  24. Romans 14:14 : 1 Cor 8:7
  25. Romans 14:15 : Eph 5:2
  26. Romans 14:15 : Rom 14:20; 1 Cor 8:11
  27. Romans 14:16 : 1 Cor 10:30; Titus 2:5
  28. Romans 14:17 : 1 Cor 8:8
  29. Romans 14:17 : Rom 15:13; Gal 5:22
  30. Romans 14:17 : Rom 15:13; Gal 5:22
  31. Romans 14:18 : Rom 16:18
  32. Romans 14:18 : 2 Cor 8:21; Phil 4:8; 1 Pet 2:12
  33. Romans 14:19 : Ps 34:14; Rom 12:18; 1 Cor 7:15; 2 Tim 2:22; Heb 12:14
  34. Romans 14:19 : Rom 15:2; 1 Cor 10:23; 14:3f, 26; 2 Cor 12:19; Eph 4:12, 29
  35. Romans 14:20 : Rom 14:15
  36. Romans 14:20 : Acts 10:15; Rom 14:2, 14
  37. Romans 14:20 : 1 Cor 8:9-12
  38. Romans 14:21 : 1 Cor 8:13
  39. Romans 14:22 : 1 John 3:21
  40. Romans 14:23 : Rom 14:5

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