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Romans 14:1-13 CEV
(1) Welcome all the Lord's followers, even those whose faith is weak. Don't criticize them for having beliefs that are different from yours. (2) Some think it is all right to eat anything, while those whose faith is weak will eat only vegetables. (3) But you should not criticize others for eating or for not eating. After all, God welcomes everyone. (4) What right do you have to criticize someone else's servants? Only their Lord can decide if they are doing right, and the Lord will make sure that they do right. (5) Some of the Lord's followers think one day is more important than another. Others think all days are the same. But each of you should make up your own mind. (6) Any followers who count one day more important than another day do it to honor their Lord. And any followers who eat meat give thanks to God, just like the ones who don't eat meat. (7) Whether we live or die, it must be for God, rather than for ourselves. (8) Whether we live or die, it must be for the Lord. Alive or dead, we still belong to the Lord. (9) This is because Christ died and rose to life, so that he would be the Lord of the dead and of the living. (10) Why do you criticize other followers of the Lord? Why do you look down on them? The day is coming when God will judge all of us. (11) In the Scriptures God says, "I swear by my very life that everyone will kneel down and praise my name!" (12) And so, each of us must give an account to God for what we do. (13) We must stop judging others. We must also make up our minds not to upset anyone's faith.

Romans 14:1-13 GNB
(1) Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with them about their personal opinions. (2) Some people's faith allows them to eat anything, but the person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables. (3) The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person. (4) Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed. (5) Some people think that a certain day is more important than other days, while others think that all days are the same. We each should firmly make up our own minds. (6) Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honor of the Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honor of the Lord, because they give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do so in honor of the Lord, and they give thanks to God. (7) We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for ourselves only. (8) If we live, it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. (9) For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead. (10) You then, who eat only vegetables---why do you pass judgment on others? And you who eat anything---why do you despise other believers? All of us will stand before God to be judged by him. (11) For the scripture says, "As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord, everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess that I am God." (12) Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God. (13) So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin.

Romans 14:1-13 NWT
14 Welcome the [man] having weaknesses in [his] faith, but not to make decisions on inward questionings. 2 One [man] has faith to eat everything, but the [man] who is weak eats vegetables. 3 Let the one eating not look down on the one not eating, and let the one not eating not judge the one eating, for God has welcomed that one. 4 Who are you to judge the house servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for Jehovah can make him stand. 5 One [man] judges one day as above another; another [man] judges one day as all others; let each [man] be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day observes it to Jehovah. Also, he who eats, eats to Jehovah, for he gives thanks to God; and he who does not eat does not eat to Jehovah, and yet gives thanks to God. 7 None of us, in fact, lives with regard to himself only, and no one dies with regard to himself only; 8 for both if we live, we live to Jehovah, and if we die, we die to Jehovah. Therefore both if we live and if we die, we belong to Jehovah. 9 For to this end Christ died and came to life again, that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living. 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you also look down on your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written: "'As I live,' says Jehovah, 'to me every knee will bend down, and every tongue will make open acknowledgment to God.'" 12 So, then, each of us will render an account for himself to God. 13 Therefore let us not be judging one another any longer, but rather make this your decision, not to put before a brother a stumbling block or a cause for tripping.

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