Romanos 14
1 Infirmum autem in fide assumite, non in disceptationibus cogitationum.
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.
2 Alius enim credit se manducare omnia: qui autem infirmus est, olus manducet.
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
3 Is, qui manducat, non manducantem non spernat: et qui non manducat, manducantem non iudicet: Deus enim illum assumpsit.
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4 Tu quis es, qui iudicas alienum servum? Domino suo stat, aut cadit: stabit autem: potens est enim Deus statuere illum.
Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: 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 man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
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 that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7 Nemo enim nostrum sibi vivit, et nemo sibi moritur.
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 Sive enim vivemus, Domino vivimus: sive morimur, Domino morimur. Sive ergo vivimus, sive morimur, Domini sumus.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 In hoc enim Christus mortuus est, et resurrexit: ut et mortuorum et vivorum dominetur.
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 Tu autem quid iudicas fratrem tuum? aut tu quare spernis fratrem tuum? Omnes enim stabimus ante tribunal Christi.
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 scriptum est enim: Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, quoniam mihi flectetur omne genu: et omnis lingua confitebitur Deo.
For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 Itaque unusquisque nostrum pro se rationem reddet Deo.
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Non ergo amplius invicem iudicemus: sed hoc iudicate magis, ne ponatis offendiculum fratri, vel scandalum.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother’s way.
14 Scio, et confido in Domino Iesu, quia nihil commune per ipsum, nisi ei qui existimat quid commune esset, illi commune est.
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [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.
But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, 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 kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 qui enim in hoc servit Christo, placet Deo, et probatus est hominibus.
For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Itaque quae pacis sunt, sectemur: et quae aedificationis sunt in invicem custodiamus.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 Noli propter escam destruere opus Dei. omnia quidem sunt munda: sed malum est homini, qui per offendiculum manducat.
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 Bonum est non manducare carnem, et non bibere vinum, neque in quo frater tuus offenditur, aut scandalizatur, aut infirmatur.
[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Tu fidem habes? penes temetipsum habe coram Deo: Beatus, qui non iudicat semetipsum in eo, quod probat.
Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 Qui autem discernit, si manducaverit, damnatus est: quia non ex fide. Omne autem, quod non est ex fide, peccatum est.
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.
