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          DASV: Romans 14    

1 Accept those who are weak in faith, without arguing over
questionable opinions.
2 One person has faith to eat everything, but the weak eats
only vegetables.
3 The one who eats everything should not despise the one who
does not eat; and the one who does not eat should not judge
the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
4 Who are you who judges the servant of another? To his own
master he stands or falls, and will stand, for the Lord is
able to make him stand.
5 One man regards one day above another, while another regards
every day the same. Each person should be fully convinced in
his own mind.
6 The one who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and
the one who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks;
and the one who does not eat, does not eat to the Lord,
and gives God thanks.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die
for the Lord. Therefore whether we live or die, we are
the Lord's.
9 For this reason Christ died and came to life again, that
he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you, why do
you despise your brother? For we will all stand before
the judgment seat of God.
11 For it is written,
"As I live, says the Lord,
every knee will bow to me,
and every tongue will give praise to God."
12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
13 Therefore we must not pass judgment on each other anymore,
but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or
hindrance in a brother's way.
14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is
unclean in itself, but to one who thinks it is unclean,
then for that person it is unclean.
15 If your brother is upset by what you eat, you are no
longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food one
for whom Christ died.
16 So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and
drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy
Spirit.
18 One who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God
and approved by people.
19 So then let us pursue things which make for peace and
for building each other up.
20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.
For all things are clean, but it is wrong to make someone
stumble because of what you eat.
21 It is good not to eat meat, or to drink wine, or to do
anything that causes your brother to stumble.
22 The faith convictions you have, keep to yourself before
God. Blessed is he who does not condemn himself by what
he approves.
23 But whoever doubts is condemned if he eats, because he
is not eating from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

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