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Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 14

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Romans 14 NASB - New American Standard BibleRomans 14 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 14 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now 1accept the one who is 2weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.
  2. 3One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is 4weak eats vegetables only.
  3. The one who eats is not to 5regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to 6judge the one who eats, for God has 7accepted him.
  4. 8Who are you to judge the [a]servant of another? To his own [b]master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
  5. 9One person [c]regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be 10fully convinced in his own mind.
  6. He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, [d]does so for the Lord, for he 11gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.
  7. For not one of us 12lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;
  8. for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore 13whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
  9. For to this end 14Christ died and lived again, that He might be 15Lord both of the dead and of the living.
  10. ¶ But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you 16regard your brother with contempt? For 17we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
  11. For it is written,
    ¶ “18AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, 19EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME,
    AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL [e]GIVE PRAISE TO GOD.”
  12. ¶ So then 20each one of us will give an account of himself to God.
  13. ¶ Therefore let us not 21judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—22not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.
  14. I know and am convinced [f]in the Lord Jesus that 23nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who 24thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
  15. For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer 25walking according to love. 26Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
  16. Therefore 27do not let what is for you a good thing be [g]spoken of as evil;
  17. for the kingdom of God 28is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and 29peace and 30joy in the Holy Spirit.
  18. For he who in this way 31serves Christ is 32acceptable to God and approved by men.
  19. So then [h]we 33pursue the things which make for peace and the 34building up of one another.
  20. 35Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. 36All things indeed are clean, but 37they are evil for the man who eats [i]and gives offense.
  21. 38It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.
  22. The faith which you have, have [j]as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who 39does not condemn himself in what he approves.
  23. But 40he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or house-servant
  2. ^ Lit lord
  3. ^ Lit judges
  4. ^ Lit eats
  5. ^ Or confess
  6. ^ Lit through
  7. ^ Lit blasphemed
  8. ^ Later mss read let us pursue
  9. ^ Lit with offense
  10. ^ Lit according to yourself

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 28:2; Ro 11:15; 14:3; 15:7
  2. ^ Ro 14:2; 15:1; 1Co 8:9ff; 9:22
  3. ^ Ro 14:14
  4. ^ Ro 14:1; 15:1; 1Co 8:9ff; 9:22
  5. ^ Lu 18:9; Ro 14:10
  6. ^ Ro 14:10, 13; Col 2:16
  7. ^ Ac 28:2; Ro 11:15; 14:1; 15:7
  8. ^ Ro 9:20; Jm 4:12
  9. ^ Ga 4:10
  10. ^ Lu 1:1; Ro 4:21; 14:23
  11. ^ Mt 14:19; 15:36; 1Co 10:30; 1Ti 4:3f
  12. ^ Ro 8:38f; 2Co 5:15; Ga 2:20; Pp 1:20f
  13. ^ Lu 20:38; Pp 1:20; 1Th 5:10; Re 14:13
  14. ^ Re 1:18; 2:8
  15. ^ Mt 28:18; Jn 12:24; Pp 2:11; 1Th 5:10
  16. ^ Lu 18:9; Ro 14:3
  17. ^ Ro 2:16; 2Co 5:10
  18. ^ Is 45:23
  19. ^ Pp 2:10f
  20. ^ Mt 12:36; 16:27; 1Pe 4:5
  21. ^ Mt 7:1; Ro 14:3
  22. ^ 1Co 8:13
  23. ^ Ac 10:15; Ro 14:2, 20
  24. ^ 1Co 8:7
  25. ^ Eph 5:2
  26. ^ Ro 14:20; 1Co 8:11
  27. ^ 1Co 10:30; Ti 2:5
  28. ^ 1Co 8:8
  29. ^ Ro 15:13; Ga 5:22
  30. ^ Ro 15:13; Ga 5:22
  31. ^ Ro 16:18
  32. ^ 2Co 8:21; Pp 4:8; 1Pe 2:12
  33. ^ Ps 34:14; Ro 12:18; 1Co 7:15; 2Ti 2:22; Heb 12:14
  34. ^ Ro 15:2; 1Co 10:23; 14:3f, 26; 2Co 12:19; Eph 4:12, 29
  35. ^ Ro 14:15
  36. ^ Ac 10:15; Ro 14:2, 14
  37. ^ 1Co 8:9-12
  38. ^ 1Co 8:13
  39. ^ 1Jo 3:21
  40. ^ Ro 14:5

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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