
Romans 14:1-12
Ordinary A42
1 WelcomeA those who are weakB in faith,C but not for the purpose of quarrelingD over opinions.E
2 SomeF believeG in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables.H
3 Those who eat must not despiseI those who abstain,J and those who abstain must not pass judgmentK on those who eat; for GodL
4 Who are you to pass judgment on servantsM of another?N It is before their ownO lordP that they standQ or fall. And they will be upheld,R for the Lord is ableS to make them stand.
5 SomeT judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convincedU in their own minds.V 6 Those who observeW the day,X observe it in honor of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honor of the Lord, since they give thanksY to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honor of the Lord and give thanks to God.
7 We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end ChristZ died and lived again, so that he might be LordAA of both the dead and the living.
10 Why do you pass judgment on your brotherBB or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand beforeCC the judgment seatDD of God.
11 For it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongueEE shall give praiseFF to God.”
12 So then, each of us will beGG accountableHH to God.
Image credit: “Painting” photograph by Hans Splinter, 2009.