E.
In receiving the believers
14:1—15:13
1.
According to God's receiving
14:1-9
Rom. 14
:1
14:1
1Now him who is
aweak in faith
2breceive,
but not for the purpose of passing judgment on
his 3considerations.
Rom. 14
:2
14:2
One believes that he may eat all things, but he who is weak
aeats vegetables.
Rom. 14
:3
14:3
He who eats, let him not despise him who does not eat; and he who does not eat, let him
1not judge him who eats, for
2God has received him.
Rom. 14
:4
14:4
Who are you who judge another's household servant? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will be made to stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Rom. 14
:5
14:5
One judges one
aday above another; another judges every day
alike. Let each be fully
bpersuaded in his own mind.
Rom. 14
:6
14:6
He who regards that day, regards
it to the Lord; and he who eats,
aeats to the Lord, for he gives
bthanks to God; and he who does not eat, does not eat to the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.
Rom. 14
:7
14:7
For none of us
alives to himself, and none dies to himself;
Rom. 14
:8
14:8
For whether we live, we
alive to the Lord, and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore whether we live or we die, we are the
bLord's.
Rom. 14
:9
14:9
For Christ
adied and lived
again for this, that He might be
bLord both of the dead and of the living.
2.
In the light of the judgment seat
14:10-12
Rom. 14
:10
14:10
But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the
1ajudgment seat of God,
Rom. 14
:11
14:11
For it is written,
a"As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall openly confess to God.''
Rom. 14
:12
14:12
So then each one of us will
agive an account concerning himself to God.
3.
In the principle of love
14:13-15
Rom. 14
:13
14:13
Therefore let us
ajudge one another no longer, but rather judge this:
bnot to put a stumbling block or cause of falling before your brother.
Rom. 14
:14
14:14
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that there is
anothing 1unclean of itself, except to him who considers something to be
1unclean; to that man it is
1unclean.
Rom. 14
:15
14:15
For if because of food your brother is
1wounded, you no longer
awalk according to love. Do not
bdestroy by your food that man for whom Christ died.
4.
For the kingdom life
14:16-23
Rom. 14
:16
14:16
Therefore do not let your
agood be slandered;
Rom. 14
:17
14:17
For the
1akingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but
2brighteousness and
cpeace and
djoy in the Holy Spirit.
Rom. 14
:18
14:18
For he who
1aserves Christ in this is well pleasing to God and approved by men.
Rom. 14
:19
14:19
So then let us
1apursue the things of peace and the things for
bbuilding up one another.
Rom. 14
:20
14:20
Do not
abreak down the
1work of God for the sake of food.
bAll things indeed are clean, but it is evil for a man to eat while
cstumbling others.
Rom. 14
:21
14:21
It is good
anot to eat meat nor drink wine nor
to do anything by which your brother stumbles.
Rom. 14
:22
14:22
The faith which you have, have to yourself before God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in what he approves;
Rom. 14
:23
14:23
But he who
adoubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not out of faith; for all that is not out of faith is sin.
