14BUT DO PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND OF THE FLESH PROVISION NOT DO MAKE FOR DESIRES. 14Instead, clothe yourselves with*NoteCloseOr put on; see verse 12. the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
1THE [ONE] NOW BEING WEAK IN THE FAITH DO RECEIVE NOT FOR PASSING JUDGMENT ON REASONINGS. The Law of Liberty (Matthew 7:1–6; Luke 6:37–42) 1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.*NoteCloseOr without quarreling over disputable matters
2ONE INDEED BELIEVES TO EAT ALL THINGS, THE [ONE] HOWEVER BEING WEAK VEGETABLES EATS. 2For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
3THE [ONE] EATING THE [ONE] NOT EATING NOT HE SHOULD DESPISE, AND THE [ONE] NOW NOT EATING HIM EATING NOT HE SHOULD JUDGE; <THE> GOD FOR HIM HAS RECEIVED. 3The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
4YOU YOURSELF WHO ARE WHO IS JUDGING ANOTHER’S SERVANT? TO THE OWN MASTER HE STANDS OR FALLS. HE WILL BE UPHELD HOWEVER, ABLE IS FOR IS THE LORD TO UPHOLD HIM. 4Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
5ONE INDEED FOR JUDGES A DAY [TO BE] ABOVE [ANOTHER] DAY, ONE [OTHER] HOWEVER JUDGES EVERY DAY [ALIKE]; EACH IN THE OWN MIND SHOULD BE FULLY ASSURED. 5One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
6THE [ONE] REGARDING THE DAY TO [THE] LORD REGARDS [IT] AND THE [ONE] NOT REGARDING THE DAY TO [THE] LORD NOT REGARDS [IT]; AND THE [ONE] EATING TO [THE] LORD EATS, HE GIVES THANKS FOR <THE> TO GOD; AND THE [ONE] NOT EATING TO [THE] LORD NOT HE EATS, AND HE GIVES THANKS <THE> TO GOD. 6He who observes a special day does so to the Lord;*NoteCloseBYZ and TR include he who does not regard the day, to the Lord he does not regard it; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
7NO [ONE] FOR OF US TO HIMSELF LIVES AND NO [ONE] TO HIMSELF DIES. 7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
8IF BOTH FOR WE SHALL LIVE, TO THE LORD WE LIVE, IF ALSO WE SHALL DIE, TO THE LORD WE DIE. IF BOTH THEREFORE WE SHALL LIVE, IF ALSO WE SHALL DIE, THE LORD’S WE ARE. 8If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
9UNTO THIS FOR CHRIST AND DIED AND ROSE UP AND LIVED AGAIN, THAT BOTH OVER [THE] DEAD AND LIVING HE MAY RULE. 9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
10YOU YOURSELF HOWEVER WHY JUDGE YOU THE BROTHER OR YOU? OR ALSO YOU YOURSELF WHY DO DESPISE THE BROTHER OF YOU? ALL FOR WE WILL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT <THE> OF GOD. 10Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
11IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN FOR: LIVE I MYSELF, SAYS [THE] LORD, THAT TO ME MYSELF WILL BOW EVERY KNEE, AND EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS <THE> TO GOD. 11It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”*NoteCloseOr will give praise to God or will acknowledge God; Isaiah 45:23 (see also LXX)
12SO THEN EACH OF US CONCERNING HIS OWN ACCOUNT WILL GIVE <THE> TO GOD. 12So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
13NO LONGER THEREFORE ONE ANOTHER SHALL WE JUDGE, BUT THIS DO DETERMINE RATHER, <THE> NOT TO PUT [ANY] STUMBLING BLOCK <THE> BEFORE [YOUR] BROTHER OR SNARE. The Law of Love (Ezekiel 14:1–11; 1 Corinthians 8:1–13) 13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
14I KNOW AND I HAVE BEEN PERSUADED IN [THE] LORD JESUS THAT NOTHING [IS] UNCLEAN THROUGH ITSELF, ONLY EXCEPT BY THE [ONE] RECKONING ANYTHING UNCLEAN TO BE, TO THAT ONE UNCLEAN [IT IS]; 14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
15IF FOR ON ACCOUNT OF FOOD THE BROTHER OF YOU IS GRIEVED, NO LONGER ACCORDING TO LOVE ARE YOU WALKING. NOT WITH THE FOOD OF YOU THAT ONE DO DESTROY FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED. 15If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
16NOT SHOULD BE DENIGRATED THEREFORE YOUR <THE> GOOD. 16Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
17NOT FOR IS THE KINGDOM <THE> OF GOD EATING AND DRINKING BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE AND JOY IN [THE] SPIRIT HOLY; 17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18THE [ONE] FOR IN THIS THING SERVING <THE> CHRIST [IS] WELL-PLEASING <THE> TO GOD AND APPROVED <THE> BY MEN. 18For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
19SO THEN THE [THINGS] <THE> OF PEACE WE MAY PURSUE AND THE [THINGS] <THE> FOR EDIFICATION <THE> AMONG EACH OTHER. 19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
20NOT FOR THE SAKE OF FOOD DO DESTROY THE WORK <THE> OF GOD. ALL THINGS INDEED [ARE] CLEAN BUT [IT IS] EVIL TO THE MAN <THE> THROUGH A STUMBLING BLOCK EATING; 20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
21[IT IS] GOOD <THE> NEITHER TO EAT MEAT NOR TO DRINK WINE NOR [ANYTHING] IN WHICH THE BROTHER OF YOU STUMBLES OR IS LED INTO SIN OR IS WEAK 21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.*NoteCloseSBL, BYZ, and TR include or to be hindered or weakened.
22YOU YOURSELF [THE] FAITH THAT YOU HAVE TO YOURSELF DO KEEP BEFORE <THE> GOD; BLESSED [IS] THE [ONE] NOT JUDGING HIMSELF IN WHAT HE APPROVES. 22Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God.*NoteCloseLiterally Keep the faith that you have to yourself before God Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
23THE [ONE] HOWEVER DOUBTING IF HE SHALL EAT HAS BEEN CONDEMNED, BECAUSE [IT IS] NOT OF FAITH; EVERYTHING NOW THAT [IS] NOT OF FAITH SIN IS. 23But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.*NoteCloseSome manuscripts place the text of Romans 16:25–27 here.