14 Accept others who are faltering in their faith, without highlighting their wrong ideas.[ref] 2 Some people think it’s ok to eat anything, while others who are faltering will only eat vegetables. 3 The one who eats anything shouldn’t despise the other, and the one who doesn’t eat meat shouldn’t condemn the other, because both are accepted by God. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s house servants? Their own master will judge if they stand or fall, and they’ll stand because the master is able to help them.

5 Similarly, some people consider one day to be more important than some other day, yet others consider every day to be alike. Each person should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Anyone who considers a certain day to be special is thinking about Yahweh. Likewise, anyone who’s eating meat is eating to serve Yahweh, and gives thanks to God. The person who doesn’t eat meat is declining it in order to serve Yahweh, and gives thanks to God. 7 After all, we don’t live for ourselves, and we don’t die for ourselves. 8 If we keep living, then we’re living for the master, and if we die, then we’re dying for the master, so whether we live or die, we belong to the master, 9 because Messiah died and came back to life in order to be master of both the dead and the living. 10 So why are you judging fellow believers? And why are you also scorning them? After all, we’ll all end up standing in God’s court of judgement.[ref] 11 As it’s been written:

“Yahweh is telling me, ‘I am alive

and every person will bow to me,

and each one will confess to God.’ ”[ref]

12 So consequently, each of us will need to give an account of ourselves to God.