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.

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. 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. For none of us lives for ourselves alone,(H) and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 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) For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life(J) so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.(K)

10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt?(L) For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.(M) 11 It is written:

“‘As surely as I live,’(N) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”[b](O)

12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.(P)

13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment(Q) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.(R) 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.(S) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.(T) 15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.(U) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.(V) 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.(W) 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,(X) but of righteousness, peace(Y) and joy in the Holy Spirit,(Z) 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.(AA)

19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace(AB) and to mutual edification.(AC) 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(AD) All food is clean,(AE) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(AF) 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.(AG)

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

Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:10 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verses 13, 15 and 21.
  2. Romans 14:11 Isaiah 45:23
  3. Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts place 16:25-27 here; others after 15:33.

The Law of Liberty

14 Receive(A) one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. For one believes he (B)may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and (C)let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. (D)Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

(E)One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who (F)observes the day, observes it to the Lord; [a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for (G)he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. For (H)none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. For if we (I)live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. For (J)to this end Christ died [b]and rose and lived again, that He might be (K)Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For (L)we shall all stand before the judgment seat of [c]Christ. 11 For it is written:

(M)As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”

12 So then (N)each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Therefore let us not judge one another [d]anymore, but rather resolve this, (O)not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

The Law of Love

14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus (P)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. (Q)Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. 16 (R)Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; 17 (S)for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and (T)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who serves Christ in [e]these things (U)is acceptable to God and approved by men.

19 (V)Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which (W)one may [f]edify another. 20 (X)Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. (Y)All things indeed are pure, (Z)but it is evil for the man who eats with [g]offense. 21 It is good neither to eat (AA)meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles [h]or is offended or is made weak. 22 [i]Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. (AB)Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for (AC)whatever is not from faith is [j]sin.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:6 NU omits the rest of this sentence.
  2. Romans 14:9 NU omits and rose
  3. Romans 14:10 NU God
  4. Romans 14:13 any longer
  5. Romans 14:18 NU this thing
  6. Romans 14:19 build up
  7. Romans 14:20 A feeling of giving offense
  8. Romans 14:21 NU omits the rest of v. 21.
  9. Romans 14:22 NU The faith which you have—have
  10. Romans 14:23 M puts Rom. 16:25–27 here.

不要辩论信心软弱的

14 信心软弱的,你们要接纳,但不要辩论所疑惑的事。 有人信百物都可吃,但那软弱的只吃蔬菜。 吃的人不可轻看不吃的人,不吃的人不可论断吃的人,因为神已经收纳他了。 你是谁,竟论断别人的仆人呢?他或站住,或跌倒,自有他的主人在;而且他也必要站住,因为主能使他站住。 有人看这日比那日强,有人看日日都是一样,只是各人心里要意见坚定。 守日的人是为主守的;吃的人是为主吃的,因他感谢神;不吃的人是为主不吃的,也感谢神。

活为主活死为主死

我们没有一个人为自己活,也没有一个人为自己死。 我们若活着,是为主而活;若死了,是为主而死。所以,我们或活或死,总是主的人。 因此基督死了,又活了,为要做死人并活人的主。 10 你这个人,为什么论断弟兄呢?又为什么轻看弟兄呢?因我们都要站在神的台前。 11 经上写着:“主说:‘我凭着我的永生起誓:万膝必向我跪拜,万口必向我承认。’” 12 这样看来,我们各人必要将自己的事在神面前说明。

不可使弟兄跌倒

13 所以,我们不可再彼此论断,宁可定意谁也不给弟兄放下绊脚跌人之物。 14 我凭着主耶稣确知深信:凡物本来没有不洁净的;唯独人以为不洁净的,在他就不洁净了。 15 你若因食物叫弟兄忧愁,就不是按着爱人的道理行。基督已经替他死,你不可因你的食物叫他败坏。 16 不可叫你的善被人毁谤, 17 因为神的国不在乎吃喝,只在乎公义、和平并圣灵中的喜乐。 18 在这几样上服侍基督的,就为神所喜悦,又为人所称许。 19 所以,我们务要追求和睦的事与彼此建立德行的事。 20 不可因食物毁坏神的工程。凡物固然洁净,但有人因食物叫人跌倒,就是他的罪了。 21 无论是吃肉,是喝酒,是什么别的事,叫弟兄跌倒,一概不做才好。 22 你有信心,就当在神面前守着。人在自己以为可行的事上能不自责,就有福了。 23 若有疑心而吃的,就必有罪,因为他吃不是出于信心;凡不出于信心的都是罪。

Normas para el caso de opiniones diversas

14 Reciban bien al que es débil en la fe, y no entren en discusiones con él. Por ejemplo, hay quienes piensan que pueden comer de todo, mientras otros, que son débiles en la fe, comen solamente verduras. Pues bien, el que come de todo no debe menospreciar al que no come ciertas cosas; y el que no come ciertas cosas no debe criticar al que come de todo, pues Dios lo ha aceptado. ¿Quién eres tú para criticar al servidor de otro? Si queda bien o queda mal, es asunto de su propio amo. Pero quedará bien, porque el Señor tiene poder para hacerlo quedar bien.

Otro caso: Hay quienes dan más importancia a un día que a otro, y hay quienes creen que todos los días son iguales. Cada uno debe estar convencido de lo que cree. El que guarda cierto día, para honrar al Señor lo guarda. Y el que come de todo, para honrar al Señor lo come, y da gracias a Dios; y el que no come ciertas cosas, para honrar al Señor deja de comerlas, y también da gracias a Dios.

Ninguno de nosotros vive para sí mismo ni muere para sí mismo. Si vivimos, para el Señor vivimos; y si morimos, para el Señor morimos. De manera que, tanto en la vida como en la muerte, del Señor somos. Para eso murió Cristo y volvió a la vida: para ser Señor tanto de los muertos como de los vivos.

10 ¿Por qué, entonces, criticas a tu hermano? ¿O tú, por qué lo desprecias? Todos tendremos que presentarnos delante de Dios, para que él nos juzgue. 11 Porque la Escritura dice:

«Juro por mi vida, dice el Señor,
que ante mí todos doblarán la rodilla
y todos alabarán a Dios.»

12 Así pues, cada uno de nosotros tendrá que dar cuenta de sí mismo a Dios.

13 Por eso, ya no debemos criticarnos unos a otros. Al contrario, propónganse ustedes no hacer nada que sea causa de que su hermano tropiece, o que ponga en peligro su fe. 14 Yo sé que no hay nada impuro en sí mismo; como creyente en el Señor Jesús, estoy seguro de ello. Pero si alguno piensa que una cosa es impura, será impura para él. 15 Ahora bien, si por lo que tú comes tu hermano se siente ofendido, tu conducta ya no es de amor. ¡Que tu comida no sea causa de que se pierda aquel por quien Cristo murió! 16 No den, pues, lugar a que se hable mal de ese bien que ustedes tienen. 17 Porque el reino de Dios no es cuestión de comer o beber determinadas cosas, sino de vivir en justicia, paz y alegría por medio del Espíritu Santo. 18 El que de esta manera sirve a Cristo, agrada a Dios y es aprobado por los hombres.

19 Por lo tanto, busquemos todo lo que conduce a la paz y a la edificación mutua. 20 No eches a perder la obra de Dios por causa de la comida. En realidad, todos los alimentos son limpios; lo malo es comer algo que haga perder la fe a otros. 21 Es mejor no comer carne, ni beber vino, ni hacer nada que sea causa de que tu hermano tropiece. 22 La fe que tienes, debes tenerla tú mismo delante de Dios. ¡Dichoso aquel que usa de su libertad sin cargos de conciencia! 23 Pero el que no está seguro de si debe o no comer algo, al comerlo se hace culpable, porque no lo come con la convicción que da la fe; y todo lo que no se hace con la convicción que da la fe, es pecado.