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The Law of Liberty

Verse1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

Verse2For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

Verse3The 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.

Verse4Who 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.

Verse5One 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.

Verse6He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; 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.

Verse7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

Verse8If 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.

Verse9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

Verse10Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

Verse11It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

Verse12So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

The Law of Love

Verse13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Verse14I 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.

Verse15If 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.

Verse16Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

Verse17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Verse18For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Verse19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Verse20Do 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.

Verse21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

Verse22Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

Verse23But 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.