Accept the one who is weak in faith, not for disputes over opinions.
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Romans 14
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One person believes they may eat everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.
ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, ὁ δὲ μὴ ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω, ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο.
The one who eats must not despise the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; τῷ ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει· σταθήσεται δέ, δυνατεῖ γὰρ ὁ κύριος στῆσαι αὐτόν.
Who are you to judge someone else's servant? He stands or falls before his own master. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
One person judges one day above another; another judges every day. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
ὁ φρονῶν τὴν ἡμέραν κυρίῳ φρονεῖ. καὶ ὁ ἐσθίων κυρίῳ ἐσθίει, εὐχαριστεῖ γὰρ τῷ θεῷ· καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων κυρίῳ οὐκ ἐσθίει, καὶ εὐχαριστεῖ τῷ θεῷ.
The one who considers the day does so for the Lord. And the one who eats eats for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God. And the one who does not eat does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.
For no one of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
ἐάν τε γὰρ ζῶμεν, τῷ κυρίῳ ζῶμεν, ἐάν τε ἀποθνῄσκωμεν, τῷ κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκομεν. ἐάν τε οὖν ζῶμεν ἐάν τε ἀποθνῄσκωμεν, τοῦ κυρίου ἐσμέν.
For 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 belong to the Lord.
For Christ died and lived again for this purpose, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Σὺ δὲ τί κρίνεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου; ἢ καὶ σὺ τί ἐξουθενεῖς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου; πάντες γὰρ παραστησόμεθα τῷ βήματι τοῦ θεοῦ,
But you, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God,
γέγραπται γάρ· Ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει κύριος, ὅτι ἐμοὶ κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ, καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσεται τῷ θεῷ.
For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.
So then each of us will give an account concerning himself.
Μηκέτι οὖν ἀλλήλους κρίνωμεν· ἀλλὰ τοῦτο κρίνατε μᾶλλον, τὸ μὴ τιθέναι πρόσκομμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἢ σκάνδαλον.
Therefore, let us no longer judge one another, but rather judge this: not to put a stumbling block or offense in the way of a brother.
οἶδα καὶ πέπεισμαι ἐν κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ ὅτι οὐδὲν κοινὸν δι' ἑαυτοῦ· εἰ μὴ τῷ λογιζομένῳ τι κοινὸν εἶναι, ἐκείνῳ κοινόν.
I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the one who considers something to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
εἰ γὰρ διὰ βρῶμα ὁ ἀδελφός σου λυπεῖται, οὐκέτι κατὰ ἀγάπην περιπατεῖς. μὴ τῷ βρώματί σου ἐκεῖνον ἀπόλλυε ὑπὲρ οὗ Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.
If your brother is grieved because of food, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy him with your food, for whom Christ died.
Therefore, do not let your good be spoken against.
οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ βρῶσις καὶ πόσις, ἀλλὰ δικαιοσύνη καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ χαρὰ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ·
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
For the one who serves in this way the Messiah is pleasing to God and approved by people.
So then, let us pursue the things of peace and the things that build up one another.
μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ. πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι.
Do not destroy the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is bad for the person who eats through causing offense.
καλὸν τὸ μὴ φαγεῖν κρέα μηδὲ πιεῖν οἶνον μηδὲ ἐν ᾧ ὁ ἀδελφός σου προσκόπτει ἢ σκανδαλίζεται ἢ ἀσθενεῖ·
It is good not to eat meat nor to drink wine nor anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or becomes weak.
Keep the faith you have according to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
ὁ δὲ διακρινόμενος ἐὰν φάγῃ κατακέκριται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως· πᾶν δὲ ὃ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως ἁμαρτία ἐστίν.
But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.