Romans 14:1-4

Expanded Bible

Do Not Criticize Other People

14 ·Accept into your group [^LWelcome; Receive] someone who is weak in ·faith [or convictions; ^Con debatable issues], and do not argue about ·opinions [doubtful/debatable issues]. ² One person believes it is right to eat all kinds of food. But another, who is weak, believes it is right to eat only vegetables [^Cpossibly the issue of whether to keep the OT dietary laws, and/or whether to avoid food sacrificed to idols (see 1 Cor. 8—10)]. ³ The one who ·knows that it is right to eat any kind of food [^Leats; v. 14; see Mark 7:18–19] must not ·reject [despise; look down on] the one who ·eats only vegetables [^Ldoes not eat]. And the person who ·eats only vegetables [^Ldoes not eat] must not ·think that the one who eats all foods is wrong [^Ljudge the one who eats], because God has accepted that person. ⁴ ·You cannot [^LWho are you to…?] judge another person’s servant. ·The master decides if the servant is doing well or not [^LBefore his own lord/master he stands or falls]. And the Lord’s servant will ·do well [stand] because the Lord ·helps him do well [^Lcan make him stand].