Romanos 14

1 Infirmum autem in fide assumite, non in disceptationibus cogitationum.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye — not to determinations of reasonings;

2 Alius enim credit se manducare omnia: qui autem infirmus est, olus manducet.

one doth believe that he may eat all things — and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

3 Is, qui manducat, non manducantem non spernat: et qui non manducat, manducantem non iudicet: Deus enim illum assumpsit.

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

4 Tu quis es, qui iudicas alienum servum? Domino suo stat, aut cadit: stabit autem: potens est enim Deus statuere illum.

Thou — who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

5 Nam alius iudicat diem inter diem: alius autem iudicat omnem diem: unusquisque in suo sensu abundet.

One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day [alike]; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

6 Qui sapit diem, Domino sapit: Et qui manducat, Domino manducat: gratias enim agit Deo. Et qui non manducat, Domino non manducat, et gratias agit Deo.

He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard [it], and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

7 Nemo enim nostrum sibi vivit, et nemo sibi moritur.

For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

8 Sive enim vivemus, Domino vivimus: sive morimur, Domino morimur. Sive ergo vivimus, sive morimur, Domini sumus.

for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

9 In hoc enim Christus mortuus est, et resurrexit: ut et mortuorum et vivorum dominetur.

for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.

10 Tu autem quid iudicas fratrem tuum? aut tu quare spernis fratrem tuum? Omnes enim stabimus ante tribunal Christi.

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

11 scriptum est enim: Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, quoniam mihi flectetur omne genu: et omnis lingua confitebitur Deo.

for it hath been written, 'I live! saith the Lord — to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

12 Itaque unusquisque nostrum pro se rationem reddet Deo.

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

13 Non ergo amplius invicem iudicemus: sed hoc iudicate magis, ne ponatis offendiculum fratri, vel scandalum.

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

14 Scio, et confido in Domino Iesu, quia nihil commune per ipsum, nisi ei qui existimat quid commune esset, illi commune est.

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean — to that one [it is] unclean;

15 Si enim propter cibum frater tuus contristatur: iam non secundum charitatem ambulas. Noli cibo tuo illum perdere, pro quo Christus mortuus est.

and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

16 Non ergo blasphemetur bonum nostrum.

Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

17 Non est enim regnum Dei esca, et potus: sed iustitia, et pax, et gaudium in Spiritu sancto:

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

18 qui enim in hoc servit Christo, placet Deo, et probatus est hominibus.

for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.

19 Itaque quae pacis sunt, sectemur: et quae aedificationis sunt in invicem custodiamus.

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

20 Noli propter escam destruere opus Dei. omnia quidem sunt munda: sed malum est homini, qui per offendiculum manducat.

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.

21 Bonum est non manducare carnem, et non bibere vinum, neque in quo frater tuus offenditur, aut scandalizatur, aut infirmatur.

Right [it is] not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

22 Tu fidem habes? penes temetipsum habe coram Deo: Beatus, qui non iudicat semetipsum in eo, quod probat.

Thou hast faith! to thyself have [it] before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

23 Qui autem discernit, si manducaverit, damnatus est: quia non ex fide. Omne autem, quod non est ex fide, peccatum est.

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because [it is] not of faith; and all that [is] not of faith is sin.