who eats it; for God has received both of them.
014:004 Who are you that you should find fault with the servant of another?
Whether he stands or falls is a matter which concerns his
own master. But stand he will; for the Master can give him
power to stand.
014:005 One man esteems one day more highly than another;
another esteems all days alike. Let every one be thoroughly
convinced in his own mind.
014:006 He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake;
and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake,
for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it
refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.
014:007 For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
014:008 If we live, we live to the Lord: if we die, we die to the Lord.
So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
014:009 For this was the purpose of Christ's dying and coming to life--
namely that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.
014:010 But you, why do you find fault with your brother?
Or you, why do you look down upon your brother?
We shall all stand before God to be judged;
014:011 for it is written, "`As I live,' says the Lord, `to Me every knee
shall bow, and every tongue shall make confession to God.'"
014:012 So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God.
014:013 Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that,
you should come to this judgement--that we must not put
a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything
to trip him up.
014:014 As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus, I know
and am certain that in its own nature no food is `impure';
but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is.