11 For it is written, [a]I (A)live, saith the Lord, and every knee shall bow to me, and all tongues shall [b]confess unto God.

12 So then everyone of us shall give accounts of himself to God.

13 [c]Let us not therefore judge one another anymore: but use your judgment rather in [d]this that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling block before his brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:11 This is a form of an oath, proper to God only, for he and none but he liveth, and hath his being of himself.
  2. Romans 14:11 Shall acknowledge me from God.
  3. Romans 14:13 After that he hath concluded what is not to be done, he showeth what is to be done: to wit, we must take heed that we do not utterly cast down with abusing our liberty, our brother who is not yet strong.
  4. Romans 14:13 He rebuketh by this way, these malicious judgers of others, which occupy their heads about nothing, but to find fault with their brethren’s life, whereas they should rather bestow their wits upon this, that they do not with their disdainfulness either cast their brethren clean down, or give them some offense.

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