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1 And receive him who is weak in the faith—not to determinations of reasonings; 2 one believes that he may eat all things—and he who is weak eats herbs; 3 do not let him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and do not let him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God received him. 4 You—who are you that are judging another’s domestic [affairs]? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. 5 One judges one day above another, and another judges every day [alike]; let each be fully assured in his own mind. 6 He who is regarding the day, he regards [it] to the LORD, and he who is not regarding the day, he does not regard [it] to the LORD. He who is eating, he eats to the LORD, for he gives thanks to God; and he who is not eating, he does not eat to the LORD, and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself; 8 for both, if we may live, we live to the LORD; if also we may die, we die to the LORD; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the LORD’s; 9 for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that He may be Lord both of dead and of living. 10 And you, why do you judge your brother? Or again, you, why do you set at nothing your brother? For we will all stand at the judgment seat of the Christ; 11 for it has been written: “I live! Says the LORD—Every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue will confess to God”; 12 so, then, each of us will give reckoning to God concerning himself; 13 therefore, may we judge one another no longer, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offense. 14 I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean—to that one [it is] unclean; 15 and if your brother is grieved through food, you no longer walk according to love; do not destroy with your food that one for whom Christ died. 16 Do not let, then, evil be spoken of your good, 17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit; 18 for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men. 19 So, then, may we pursue the things of peace, and the things of building up one another. 20 Do not cast down the work of God for the sake of food; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling. 21 [It is] not right to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which your brother stumbles, or is made to fall, or is weak. 22 You have faith! Have [it] to yourself before God; blessed is he who is not judging himself in what he approves, 23 and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, has been condemned, because [it is] not of faith; and all that [is] not of faith is sin.

Cross references (23)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Romans 15:1; 1 Corinthians 8:7–13; 1 Corinthians 9:22; Romans 15:7; Romans 14:21
  2. 2 1 Timothy 4:4; Proverbs 15:17; Romans 14:14; Galatians 2:12; Romans 14:22–23
  3. 3 Romans 14:10; Colossians 2:16–17; Luke 18:9; Romans 14:13; 1 Corinthians 10:29–30
  4. 4 James 4:11–12; Romans 9:20; Romans 8:31–39; Jude 24; 1 Corinthians 4:4–5
  5. 5 Colossians 2:16–17; Galatians 4:9–10; Romans 14:23; 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 John 3:19–21
  6. 6 1 Corinthians 10:30–31; 1 Timothy 4:3–5; John 6:28; Matthew 14:19; Isaiah 58:5
  7. 7 1 Peter 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; Titus 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:10
  8. 8 Philippians 1:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; Acts 21:13; 1 Corinthians 15:23; Revelation 14:13
  9. 9 Revelation 1:18; Luke 24:26; Hebrews 12:2; John 5:22–23; Ephesians 1:20–23
  10. 10 2 Corinthians 5:10; Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Romans 2:16; Romans 14:3–4
  11. 11 Isaiah 45:22–25; Philippians 2:10–11; Psalm 72:11; Romans 10:9; Matthew 10:32
  12. 12 Matthew 12:36; 1 Peter 4:5; Matthew 16:27; Galatians 6:5; Ecclesiastes 11:9
  13. 13 2 Corinthians 6:3; 1 Corinthians 8:9–13; James 4:11; Luke 17:2; Romans 16:17
  14. 14 Titus 1:15; 1 Timothy 4:4; Romans 14:2; 1 Corinthians 8:7; Acts 10:14–15
  15. 15 1 Corinthians 8:11–12; Galatians 5:13; Philippians 2:2–4; Romans 14:20; 1 Corinthians 8:1
  16. 16 1 Corinthians 10:29–30; Romans 12:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21
  17. 17 Matthew 6:33; Romans 15:13; 1 Corinthians 4:20; 1 Corinthians 8:8; Galatians 5:22
  18. 18 2 Corinthians 8:21; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:20; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:3–4
  19. 19 Romans 12:18; Ephesians 4:29; Psalm 34:14; Romans 15:2; Hebrews 12:14
  20. 20 Romans 14:14–15; Matthew 18:6; Titus 1:15; Acts 10:15; 1 Corinthians 10:31–33
  21. 21 1 Corinthians 8:13; Romans 14:13; Romans 15:1–2; Luke 17:1–2; Matthew 16:23
  22. 22 1 John 3:21; Romans 14:5; James 3:13; Galatians 6:1; Romans 14:23
  23. 23 Hebrews 11:6; Titus 1:15; 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 Corinthians 11:29–31; Romans 14:5

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 14:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Romans (Homily XXV)

    I Am aware that to most what is here said is a difficulty. And therefore I must first give the subject of the whole of this passage, and what he wishes to correct in writing this. What does he wish to correct then?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 14:10–12 Polycarp of Smyrna, Epistle to the Philippians (The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians)

    If then we entreat the Lord to forgive us, we ought also ourselves to forgive; for we are before the eyes of our Lord and God, and "we must all appear at the judgment-seat of Christ, and must every one give an account of himself." Let us then serve Him in fear, and with all reverence, even as He Himself …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 14:9 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XVII)

    … hath raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved." And he renders the reason why the Son of God did these things, saying, "For to this end Christ both lived, and died, and revived, that He might rule over the living and the dead." And again, writing to the Corinthians, he declares, "But we preach Christ Jesus crucified;" and …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 14:1 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VIII, Chapter XI)

    This it was, verily, "Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye;" which he applied to himself, and discovered to me.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 14:10 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXIII)

    Because Paul also saith this selfsame thing: or rather, there too it is Christ, speaking by Paul, and saying, "Why dost thou judge thy brother?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)