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Romans 14

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Accept ⓐ anyone who is weak in faith, [1] ⓑ but don’t argue about doubtful issues.

² One person believes he may eat anything, ⓒ but one who is weak eats only vegetables.

³ One 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. ⓕ

⁴ Who 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 [2] to make him stand.

⁵ One 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. ⓘ

⁶ Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord. [3] 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.

⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. ⓚ

⁸ If 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. ⓛ

⁹ Christ died and came to life ⓜ for this: that He might rule over both the dead and the living. ⓝ

¹⁰ But 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. [4] ⓞ

¹¹ For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to Me, ⓟ and every tongue will give praise to God. ⓠ [5]

¹² So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. ⓡ

¹³ Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. ⓢ Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way. ⓣ

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. ⓥ)

¹⁵ For 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. ⓧ

¹⁶ Therefore, do not let your good be slandered, ⓨ

¹⁷ for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, ⓩ but righteousness, peace, and joy ⓐ in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ So then, we must pursue what promotes peace ⓓ and what builds up one another. ⓔ

²⁰ Do 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. ⓕ

²¹ It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble. [6]

²² Do you have a conviction? [7] Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed. ⓖ

²³ But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, ⓗ because his eating is not from a conviction, [8] and everything that is not from a conviction [9] is sin.

#	HCSB
1	Accept ⓐ anyone who is weak in faith, [1] ⓑ but don’t argue about doubtful issues.
2	One person believes he may eat anything, ⓒ but one who is weak eats only vegetables.
3	One 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. ⓕ
4	Who 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 [2] to make him stand.
5	One 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. ⓘ
6	Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord. [3] 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.
7	For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. ⓚ
8	If 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. ⓛ
9	Christ died and came to life ⓜ for this: that He might rule over both the dead and the living. ⓝ
10	But 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. [4] ⓞ
11	For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to Me, ⓟ and every tongue will give praise to God. ⓠ [5]
12	So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. ⓡ
13	Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. ⓢ Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way. ⓣ
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. ⓥ)
15	For 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. ⓧ
16	Therefore, do not let your good be slandered, ⓨ
17	for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, ⓩ but righteousness, peace, and joy ⓐ in the Holy Spirit.
18	Whoever serves Christ ⓑ in this way is acceptable to God and approved by men. ⓒ
19	So then, we must pursue what promotes peace ⓓ and what builds up one another. ⓔ
20	Do 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. ⓕ
21	It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble. [6]
22	Do you have a conviction? [7] Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed. ⓖ
23	But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, ⓗ because his eating is not from a conviction, [8] and everything that is not from a conviction [9] is sin.

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