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14 Be ready to take a person into the church even if he does not know and believe all you believe. Do not judge what he thinks about things.

One person believes he may eat anything. Another person, who does not believe that, eats only things that grow in the garden.

The one who eats anything must not despise the one who does not eat everything. And the one who does not eat must not judge the person who does. God has accepted him as he is.

Why do you judge another person's servant? He stands or he falls before his own master. But he will stand because the Lord can give him power to stand.

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The Weak and the Strong

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,(A) without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.(B) The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt(C) the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge(D) the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?(E) To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

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