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Now ^(a)accept the one who is ^(b)weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.

^(c)One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is ^(d)weak eats vegetables only.

The one who eats is not to ^(e)regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to ^(f)judge the one who eats, for God has ^(g)accepted him.

^(h)Who are you to judge the ^[a]servant of another? To his own ^[b]master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

⁽ⁱ⁾One person ^[c]regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be ^(j)fully convinced in his own mind.

He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, ^[d]does so for the Lord, for he ^(k)gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.

For not one of us ^(l)lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore ^(m)whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

For to this end ⁽ⁿ⁾Christ died and lived again, that He might be ^(o)Lord both of the dead and of the living.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you ^(p)regard your brother with contempt? For ^(q)we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

For it is written, "^(r) As I live, says the Lord , ^(s) every knee shall bow to Me , And every tongue shall ^[e] give praise to God ."

So then ^(t)each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

Therefore let us not ^(u)judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—^(v)not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way.

I know and am convinced ^[f]in the Lord Jesus that ^(w)nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who ^(x)thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer ^(y)walking according to love. ^(z)Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

Therefore ^(aa)do not let what is for you a good thing be ^[g]spoken of as evil;

for the kingdom of God ^(ab)is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^(ac)peace and ^(ad)joy in the Holy Spirit.

For he who in this way ^(ae)serves Christ is ^(af)acceptable to God and approved by men.

So then ^[h]we ^(ag)pursue the things which make for peace and the ^(ah)building up of one another.

^(ai)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. ^(aj)All things indeed are clean, but ^(ak)they are evil for the man who eats ^[i]and gives offense.

^(al)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

The faith which you have, have ^[j]as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who ^(am)does not condemn himself in what he approves.

But ^(an)he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.