Do Not Judge Yoʋr Brother

14 Receive anyone who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of disputing about opinions. 2 One person believes that he may eat anything, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats must not despise the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has received him. 4 Who are yoʋ to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for [fn]God is able to make him stand.

5 One person considers one day to be more important than another, while another person considers every day to be alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes a particular day, observes it in honor of the [fn]Lord, while he who abstains from observing a particular day, abstains in honor of the Lord. He who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, for he gives thanks to God, while he who abstains from eating, abstains in honor of the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for 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 belong to the Lord. 9 For this reason Christ [fn]died and then rose and lived again, so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

10 Yoʋ, then, why do yoʋ judge yoʋr brother? Or yoʋ, why do yoʋ despise yoʋr brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of [fn]Christ. 11 For it is written,

“As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before me,

and every tongue will give praise to God.”

12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself [fn]to God.