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Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

¹ Now ^(C1)accept the one who is ^(C2)weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on opinions.^2 (C1)One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is ^(C2)weak eats vegetables only.³ The one who eats must not ^(C1)view the one who does not eat with contempt, and the one who does not eat must not ^(C2)judge the one who eats, for God ^(C3)accepted him.^4 (C1)Who are you to judge the ^(F1)servant of another? To his own ^(F2)master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

^5 (C1)One person judges one day above another, another judges every day alike. Each person must be ^(C2)fully convinced in his own mind.⁶ He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord, and he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he ^(C1)gives thanks to God; and he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat and gives thanks to God.⁷ For not one of us ^(C1)lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;⁸ for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore ^(C1)whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.⁹ For to this end ^(C1)Christ died and lived again, that He might be ^(C2)Lord both of the dead and of the living.

¹⁰ But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you ^(C1)view your brother with contempt? For ^(C2)we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.¹¹ For it is written,

"^(C1)AS I LIVE, SAYS THE ^(F1)LORD, ^(C2)TO ME EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW,
AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD."

¹³ Therefore let us not ^(C1)judge one another anymore, but rather judge this—^(C2)not to put a stumbling block or offense before a brother.¹⁴ I know and am convinced ^(F1)in the Lord Jesus that ^(C1)nothing is defiled in itself; but to him who ^(C2)considers anything to be defiled, to him it is defiled.¹⁵ For if because of food your brother is grieved, you are no longer ^(C1)walking according to love. ^(C2)Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.¹⁶ Therefore ^(C1)do not let what is for you a good thing be ^(F1)slandered;¹⁷ for the kingdom of God ^(C1)is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^(C2)peace and ^(C2)joy in the Holy Spirit.¹⁸ For he who in this way ^(C1)serves Christ is ^(C2)pleasing to God and approved by men.¹⁹ So then ^(F1)let us ^(C1)pursue the things which make for peace and the ^(C2)building up of one another.^20 (C1)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. ^(C2)All things indeed are clean, but ^(C3)they are evil for the man who eats ^(F1)and gives offense.^21 (C1)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.²² The faith which you have, have ^(F1)as your own conviction before God. Blessed is he who ^(C1)does not judge himself in what he approves.²³ But ^(C1)he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.