Let us then cast
off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk
properly, as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness
and lust, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
14
1 As for the man who is weak in faith, accept him, but not for
disputes over opinions. 2 One believes he may eat anything, but the man
whose faith is weak eats only vegetables. 3 Let not him who eats despise
him who does not, and let not him who does not eat pass judgment on
him who eats; for God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge the
servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will be
made to stand, for the Master is able to make him stand. 5 One man
esteems one day as better than another; another man esteems every day
alike. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who
observes the day, observes it to the Lord. He who eats, eats to the Lord,
for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and
gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us
dies to himself. 8 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 are the Lord's. 9
For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of
the dead and of the living. 10 Why do you judge your brother? Or you,
why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written:
"As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God."
12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another anymore,
but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in our
brother's way. 14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing
is unclean in itself; but if anyone regards something as unclean, then for
him it is unclean. 15 If your brother is distressed because of what you eat,
you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your eating destroy the one
for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let your good be spoken of as evil. 17
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and
peace and joy in the Holy Spirit; 18 he who serves Christ in this way is
acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 Let us therefore pursue what
makes for peace and for mutual edification. 20 Do not, for the sake of
food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong
for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is
right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother
stumble. 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God.
Happy is he who does not condemn himself for what he approves. 23 But
he who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not act from
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