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¹ To him who is feeble in the faith, reach forth the hand. And be not divided in your thoughts.² For one man believeth, that he may eat every thing: and he that is feeble, eateth herbs.³ And he that eateth, should not despise him that eateth not; and he that eateth not, should not judge him that eateth, for God hath received him.⁴ Who art thou, that thou judgest a servant not thine; and who, if he standeth, he standeth to his Lord; and if he falleth, he falleth to his Lord? But he will assuredly stand; for his Lord hath power to establish him.⁵ One man discriminateth between days; and another judgeth all days alike. But let every one be sure, in regard to his knowledge.⁶ He that esteemeth a day, esteemeth [fn] for his Lord: and he that esteemeth not a day, for his Lord, he doth not esteem [fn] And he that eateth, eateth to his Lord, and giveth thanks to God: and he that eateth not, to his Lord he eateth not, and giveth thanks to God. ⁷ For there is not one of us, who liveth for himself: and there is not one, who dieth for himself.⁸ Because, if we live, to our Lord it is we live; or if we die, to our Lord it is we die. Whether we live, therefore, or whether we die, we are our Lord's.⁹ Moreover, for this cause Messiah died, and revived, and arose; that he might be Lord of the dead and of the living.¹⁰ But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we must all stand before the judgment seat of Messiah,¹¹ as it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow; and to me every tongue shall give praise.¹² So then, every one of us must give account of himself to God.¹³ Henceforth, judge ye not one another; but rather, judge ye this, that thou erect not a stumbling-block for thy brother.¹⁴ I know indeed, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing which is unclean in itself; but to him who thinketh any thing to be unclean, to him only it is defiled.¹⁵ But if thou grievest thy brother, because of food, thou walkest not in love. On account of food, destroy not him for whom Messiah died.¹⁶ And let not our good thing be matter of reproach.¹⁷ For the kingdom of God, is not food and drink; but is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.¹⁸ For he who is in these things a servant of Messiah, is pleasing to God, and approved before men.¹⁹ Now let us strive after peace, and after the edification of one another.²⁰ And let us not, on account of food, destroy the work of God. For every thing is, [fn] pure; yet it is evil, to the man who eateth with stumbling. ²¹ It is proper, that we neither eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor [fn] any thing, whereby our brother is stumbled. ²² Thou art one in whom there is faith; keep it to thyself, before God. Blessed is he, who doth not condemn himself, in that thing which he alloweth.²³ 23 For he who eateth and doubteth, is condemned; because [fn] not in faith. For every thing which is not of faith, is sin.