Read Romans 14:1-12

Read Romans 14:1-12

Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with them about their personal opinions. ²Some people’s faith allows them to eat anything, but the person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables. ³Those who will eat anything are not to despise those who don’t; while those who eat only vegetables are not to pass judgement on those who will eat anything; for God has accepted them. ⁴Who are you to judge someone else’s servants? 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 should each firmly make up our own minds. ⁶Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honour of the Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honour of the Lord, because they give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do so in honour of the Lord, and they give thanks to God. ⁷None of us lives for himself only, none of us dies for himself only. ⁸If 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. ⁹For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead. ¹⁰You then, who eat only vegetables—why do you pass judgement 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. ¹¹For 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.”

¹²Every one of us, then, will have to give an account of ourselves to God.

Think

Although Paul stresses faith in community and the importance of the church.  He also insists that each one of us need to work out our opinions and live according to our convictions.

Pray

Lord, help me to be more tolerant of others - and I pray that you would help others to be more tolerant of me.

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² 14.1–6: Col 2:16

³ 14.1–6: Col 2:16

⁴ 14.1–6: Col 2:16

5  14.1–6: Col 2:16

⁶ 14.1–6: Col 2:16

¹⁰ 14.10: 2 Co 5:10

¹¹ 14.11: Is 45:23 (LXX)