The Weak and the Strong

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,^(A) without quarreling over disputable matters. ² One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.^{(B) 3} 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. ⁴ 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.

⁵ One person considers one day more sacred than another;^(F) another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. ⁶ Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God;^(G) and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. ⁷ For none of us lives for ourselves alone,^(H) and none of us dies for ourselves alone. ⁸ If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.^(I)

¹⁹ Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace^(A) and to mutual edification.^{(B) 20} Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.^(C) All food is clean,^(D) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.^{(E) 21} It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.^(F)

²² So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn^(G) himself by what he approves. ²³ But whoever has doubts^(H) is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.^[a]