Romans 14
1 AS FOR the man who is a weak believer, welcome him [into your fellowship], but not to criticize his opinions or pass judgment on his scruples or perplex him with discussions.2 One [man’s faith permits him to] believe he may eat anything, while a weaker one [limits his] eating to vegetables.3 Let not him who eats look down on or despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains criticize and pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted and welcomed him.4 Who are you to pass judgment on and censure another’s household servant? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he shall stand and be upheld, for the Master (the Lord) is mighty to support him and make him stand.5 One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike [sacred]. Let everyone be fully convinced (satisfied) in his own mind.6 He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.7 None of us lives to himself [but to the Lord], and none of us dies to himself [but to the Lord, for]8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or we die, we belong to the Lord.9 For Christ died and lived again for this very purpose, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.10 Why do you criticize and pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon or despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.11 For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise]. 12 And so each of us shall give an account of himself [give an answer in reference to judgment] to God.13 Then let us no more criticize and blame and pass judgment on one another, but rather decide and endeavor never to put a stumbling block or an obstacle or a hindrance in the way of a brother.14 I know and am convinced (persuaded) as one in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is [forbidden as] essentially unclean (defiled and unholy in itself). But [none the less] it is unclean (defiled and unholy) to anyone who thinks it is unclean.15 But if your brother is being pained or his feelings hurt or if he is being injured by what you eat, [then] you are no longer walking in love. [You have ceased to be living and conducting yourself by the standard of love toward him.] Do not let what you eat hurt or cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died!16 Do not therefore let what seems good to you be considered an evil thing [by someone else]. [In other words, do not give occasion for others to criticize that which is justifiable for you.]17 [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.18 He who serves Christ in this way is acceptable and pleasing to God and is approved by men.19 So let us then definitely aim for and eagerly pursue what makes for harmony and for mutual upbuilding (edification and development) of one another.20 You must not, for the sake of food, undo and break down and destroy the work of God! Everything is indeed [ceremonially] clean and pure, but it is wrong for anyone to hurt the conscience of others or to make them fall by what he eats.21 The right thing is to eat no meat or drink no wine [at all], or [do anything else] if it makes your brother stumble or hurts his conscience or offends or weakens him.22 Your personal convictions [on such matters]--exercise [them] as in God’s presence, keeping them to yourself [striving only to know the truth and obey His will]. Blessed (happy, to be envied) is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves [who does not convict himself by what he chooses to do].23 But the man who has doubts (misgivings, an uneasy conscience) about eating, and then eats [perhaps because of you], stands condemned [before God], because he is not true to his convictions and he does not act from faith. For whatever does not originate and proceed from faith is sin [whatever is done without a conviction of its approval by God is sinful].
Romains 14
1 Or quant à celui qui est faible en foi, recevez-le; non pas pour la décision de questions douteuses.2 L'un croit pouvoir manger de toutes choses; l'autre qui est faible, mange des herbes:3 que celui qui mange ne méprise pas celui qui ne mange pas; et que celui qui ne mange pas ne juge pas celui qui mange, car Dieu l'a reçu.4 Qui es-tu, toi qui juges le domestique d'autrui? Il se tient debout ou il tombe pour son propre maître; et il sera tenu debout, car le Seigneur est puissant pour le tenir debout.5 L'un estime un jour plus qu'un autre jour, et l'autre estime tous les jours égaux: que chacun soit pleinement persuadé dans son propre esprit.6 Celui qui a égard au jour, y a égard à cause du Seigneur; et celui qui mange, mange à cause du Seigneur, car il rend grâces à Dieu; et celui qui ne mange pas, ne mange pas à cause du Seigneur, et il rend grâces à Dieu.7 Car nul de nous ne vit ayant égard à lui-même, et nul ne meurt ayant égard à lui-même:8 mais soit que nous vivions, nous vivons ayant égard au Seigneur, soit que nous mourions, nous mourons ayant égard au Seigneur; soit donc que nous vivions, soit que nous mourions, nous sommes du Seigneur.9 Car c'est pour cela que Christ est mort et qu'il a revécu, afin qu'il dominât et sur les morts et sur les vivants.10 Mais toi, pourquoi juges-tu ton frère? Ou aussi toi, pourquoi méprises-tu ton frère? Car nous comparaîtrons tous devant le tribunal de Dieu;11 car il est écrit: "Je suis vivant, dit le *Seigneur, que tout genou se ploiera devant moi, et que toute langue confessera hautement Dieu".12 Ainsi donc, chacun de nous rendra compte pour lui-même à Dieu.13 Ne nous jugeons donc plus l'un l'autre; mais jugez plutôt ceci, de ne pas mettre une pierre d'achoppement ou une occasion de chute devant votre frère.14 Je sais, et je suis persuadé dans le Seigneur Jésus, que rien n'est souillé par soi-même, sauf qu'à celui qui croit qu'une chose est souillée, elle lui est souillée.15 Car si, à cause d'une viande, ton frère est attristé, tu ne marches plus selon l'amour. Ne détruis pas par ta viande celui pour lequel Christ est mort.16 Que ce qui est bien en vous ne soit donc pas blâmé.17 Car le royaume de Dieu n'est pas manger et boire, mais justice, et paix, et joie dans l'Esprit Saint.18 Car celui qui en cela sert le Christ est agréable à Dieu et approuvé des hommes.19 Ainsi donc poursuivons les choses qui tendent à la paix et celles qui tendent à l'édification mutuelle.20 A cause d'une viande, ne détruis pas l'oeuvre de Dieu. Toutes choses, il est vrai, sont pures; mais il y a du mal pour l'homme qui mange en bronchant.21 Il est bon de ne pas manger de chair, de ne pas boire de vin, et de ne faire aucune chose en laquelle ton frère bronche, ou est scandalisé, ou est faible.22 Toi, tu as de la foi; aie-la par devers toi-même devant Dieu; bienheureux est celui qui ne se juge pas lui-même en ce qu'il approuve;23 mais celui qui hésite, s'il mange, est condamné, parce qu'il n'agit pas sur un principe de foi. Or tout ce qui n'est pas sur le principe de la foi est péché.
