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Romans 14
Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Accept Those Weak In The Faith

14 Now be accepting the one being weak in the faith[a]— [but] not for disputes[b] about opinions[c].

Don’t Judge The Opinions of Fellow Servants of Your Master

2 One has faith to eat all things, but the one being weak eats vegetables[d]. 3 Let not the one eating be treating-with-contempt[e] the one not eating. And let not the one not eating be judging[f] the one eating— for God accepted him. 4 Who are you, the one judging a household-servant belonging-to-another? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Live For The Lord As You Think Best, For Each of Us Will Give an Account To God

5 For one judges a day beyond a day[g], but another judges every day alike. Let each one be fully-convinced in his own mind[h]. 6 The one thinking[i] as to the day, is thinking for the Lord. And the one eating, is eating for the Lord— for he gives-thanks to God. And the one not eating, is not eating for the Lord— and he gives-thanks to God. 7 For[j] none of us lives for himself, and none dies for himself. 8 For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore if we live and if we die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For Christ died and came-to-life for this: that He might be-Lord both of dead and living ones. 10 But why are you judging your brother? Or why also are you treating your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment-seat of God. 11 For it has been written [in Isa 45:23]: “As I live”, says the Lord, “every knee will bow to Me. And every tongue will confess-out to God”. 12 So then, each of us will give an account for himself to God.

Don’t Let Your Good Choices Cause Spiritual Harm To Others; Walk In Love

13 Therefore let us no longer be judging one another. But rather judge[k] this: not to be placing an opportunity-for-stumbling[l] or a cause-of-falling[m] for the brother (14 I know[n] and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing[o] is defiled[p] in itself [q], except to the one considering anything to be defiled— to that[r] one it is defiled). 15 For if your brother is grieved[s] because of food, you are no longer walking according-to love. Do not be destroying with[t] your food that one for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not be letting your good thing be blasphemed[u]. 17 For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness[v] and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For the one serving[w] Christ in this is pleasing to God and approved by people.

Let Us Be Pursuing Peace And Things That Build Up, Not Things That Tear Down

19 So then, let us be pursuing the things of [x] peace and the things of edification for one another. 20 Do not be tearing-down the work of God for the sake of food. All things are clean— but it is evil for the person eating with an opportunity-for-stumbling. 21 It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

Hold To Your Convictions, But Carry The Weak. Don’t Just Please Yourselves

22 The faith which you have, be having for[y] yourself in the sight of God. Blessed is the one not judging himself in what he is approving. 23 But the one doubting has been condemned if he eats, because it was not from faith— and everything which is not from faith is sin.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:1 Or, weak in faith. Their faith does not allow them to live in the full freedom of Christ. They are bound by customs and traditions from their former life. The weak sometimes judge a person who does not do as they do. The strong sometimes treat the weak with contempt because of their opinions.
  2. Romans 14:1 This word means ‘discernments, judgments’, and then the ‘disputes, quarrels’ that result from this behavior.
  3. Romans 14:1 Or, reasonings, thoughts.
  4. Romans 14:2 The weak one’s faith leads him to conclude that the meat has a negative spiritual significance and must be avoided.
  5. Romans 14:3 Or, despising, disregarding.
  6. Romans 14:3 Or, passing judgment on.
  7. Romans 14:5 That is, one day as spiritually more significant than another.
  8. Romans 14:5 Each should follow the course proceeding from their own faith in Christ.
  9. Romans 14:6 That is, thinking of it in a special way out of a desire to honor the Lord.
  10. Romans 14:7 Paul generalizes from these cases to the broad view. In all of life and death, we live for the Lord.
  11. Romans 14:13 That is, determine, decide, resolve.
  12. Romans 14:13 Or, an occasion to take offense or stumble into sin.
  13. Romans 14:13 The former case causes an unintended stumble; the cause of falling is a consciously chosen thing. The person deliberately proceeds with behavior known to be objectionable to the weak, perhaps even in defiance of them.
  14. Romans 14:14 As to knowledge, the strong are correct. But there is another way to view the matter besides ‘in itself’.
  15. Romans 14:14 That is, nothing in the category of things being discussed here.
  16. Romans 14:14 Or, unclean, impure.
  17. Romans 14:14 That is, by means of being what it is. Even in the OT, pig was not unclean because it was pig. All God’s creation is good. It was defined as unclean to Israel by God’s Law.
  18. Romans 14:14 Regardless of what it is in itself or to God, it is defiled to the conscience of the one thinking it such.
  19. Romans 14:15 Or, distressed, caused pain, caused sorrow.
  20. Romans 14:15 Or, for.
  21. Romans 14:16 Or spoken against.
  22. Romans 14:17 It is the subjective experience of these three things that the strong can take from the weak.
  23. Romans 14:18 That is, serving-as-slave to Christ.
  24. Romans 14:19 That is, belonging to; or, leading to.
  25. Romans 14:22 That is, in the interest of, in relation to.
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羅馬書 14
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

不要辯論信心軟弱的

14 信心軟弱的，你們要接納，但不要辯論所疑惑的事。 2 有人信百物都可吃，但那軟弱的只吃蔬菜。 3 吃的人不可輕看不吃的人，不吃的人不可論斷吃的人，因為神已經收納他了。 4 你是誰，竟論斷別人的僕人呢？他或站住，或跌倒，自有他的主人在；而且他也必要站住，因為主能使他站住。 5 有人看這日比那日強，有人看日日都是一樣，只是各人心裡要意見堅定。 6 守日的人是為主守的；吃的人是為主吃的，因他感謝神；不吃的人是為主不吃的，也感謝神。

活為主活死為主死

7 我們沒有一個人為自己活，也沒有一個人為自己死。 8 我們若活著，是為主而活；若死了，是為主而死。所以，我們或活或死，總是主的人。 9 因此基督死了，又活了，為要做死人並活人的主。 10 你這個人，為什麼論斷弟兄呢？又為什麼輕看弟兄呢？因我們都要站在神的臺前。 11 經上寫著：「主說：『我憑著我的永生起誓：萬膝必向我跪拜，萬口必向我承認。』」 12 這樣看來，我們各人必要將自己的事在神面前說明。

不可使弟兄跌倒

13 所以，我們不可再彼此論斷，寧可定意誰也不給弟兄放下絆腳跌人之物。 14 我憑著主耶穌確知深信：凡物本來沒有不潔淨的；唯獨人以為不潔淨的，在他就不潔淨了。 15 你若因食物叫弟兄憂愁，就不是按著愛人的道理行。基督已經替他死，你不可因你的食物叫他敗壞。 16 不可叫你的善被人毀謗， 17 因為神的國不在乎吃喝，只在乎公義、和平並聖靈中的喜樂。 18 在這幾樣上服侍基督的，就為神所喜悅，又為人所稱許。 19 所以，我們務要追求和睦的事與彼此建立德行的事。 20 不可因食物毀壞神的工程。凡物固然潔淨，但有人因食物叫人跌倒，就是他的罪了。 21 無論是吃肉，是喝酒，是什麼別的事，叫弟兄跌倒，一概不做才好。 22 你有信心，就當在神面前守著。人在自己以為可行的事上能不自責，就有福了。 23 若有疑心而吃的，就必有罪，因為他吃不是出於信心；凡不出於信心的都是罪。

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The Weak and the Strong

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,(A) without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.(B) 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt(C) the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge(D) the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?(E) To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

5 One person considers one day more sacred than another;(F) another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God;(G) and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone,(H) and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.(I) 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life(J) so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.(K)

10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt?(L) For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.(M) 11 It is written:

“‘As surely as I live,’(N) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”[b](O)

12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.(P)

13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment(Q) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.(R) 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.(S) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.(T) 15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.(U) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.(V) 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.(W) 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,(X) but of righteousness, peace(Y) and joy in the Holy Spirit,(Z) 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.(AA)

19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace(AB) and to mutual edification.(AC) 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(AD) All food is clean,(AE) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(AF) 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.(AG)

22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn(AH) himself by what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts(AI) is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.[c]

Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:10 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verses 13, 15 and 21.
  2. Romans 14:11 Isaiah 45:23
  3. Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts place 16:25-27 here; others after 15:33.
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