5 aOne person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
6 He who aobserves the day, observes it to the Lord;1 and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for bhe gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
7 For anone of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
8 For if we alive, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 For ato this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be bLord of both the dead and the living.
10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For awe shall all stand before the judgment seat of1 Christ.
11 For it is written:
a“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
a“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
12 So then aeach of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Therefore let us not judge one another1 anymore, but rather resolve this, anot to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.
The Law of Love
14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus athat there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. aDo not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
16 aTherefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;
17 afor the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and bpeace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 For he who serves Christ in1 these things ais acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 aTherefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which bone may edify another.
20 aDo not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. bAll things indeed are pure, cbut it is evil for the man who eats with1 offense.
21 It is good neither to eat ameat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles1 or is offended or is made weak.
22 1Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. aHappy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Romans 14:7.
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