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Romans 14- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

August 23
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King James and other versions... [http://bibleabc.net/bible/kjv/rom14-1.htm]
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Don't Criticize Other People
14 1Don't refuse to accept into your group a person that is weak in faith. And
don't argue with that person about his different ideas. 2One person believes that
he can eat any kind of food* he wants. But if another person's faith is weak, then
that person believes he can eat only vegetables. 3The person that knows that he
can eat any kind of food must not feel that he is better than the person that eats
only vegetables. And the person that eats only vegetables must not decide that the
person that eats all foods is wrong. God has accepted that person. 4You cannot judge
another person's servant. His own master decides if he is doing right or wrong.
And the Lord's servant will be right, because the Lord is able to make him right.
5One person might believe that one day is more important than another. And another
person might believe that every day is the same. Each person should be sure about
his own beliefs in his own mind. 6The person that thinks one day is more important
than other days is doing that for the Lord. And the person that eats all kinds of
food is doing that for the Lord. Yes, he gives thanks to God [for that food]. And
the person that refuses to eat some foods does that for the Lord. And he gives thanks
to God.

7Yes, [we all live for the Lord]. We don't live or die for ourselves. 8If we live,
we are living for the Lord. And if we die, we are dying for the Lord. So living
or dying, we belong to the Lord. 9That is why Christ died and rose from death to
live again. Christ did this so that he could be Lord (ruler) over people that have
died and people that are living. 10So why do you judge your brother [in Christ]?
Or why do you think that you are better than your brother? We will all stand before
God, and he will judge us all. 11Yes, it is written in the Scriptures:* "Every person
will bow before me; every person will say that I am God. As surely as I live, these
things will happen, says the Lord (God)." (Isaiah 45:23) 12So each of us will have
to explain to God about the things we do.
Don't Cause Other People to Sin
13So we should stop judging each other. We must decide not to do anything that will
make a brother [or sister] weak or fall into sin. 14I am in the Lord Jesus. And
I know that there is no food that is wrong to eat. But if a person believes that
something is wrong, then that thing is wrong for him. 15If you hurt your brother's
faith because of something you eat, then you are not really following the way of
love. Don't destroy a person's faith by eating something [that he thinks is wrong].
Christ died for that person. 16Don't allow something that you think is good to become
something that other people say is evil. 17In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking
are not important. In the kingdom of God, the important things are these: living
right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.* 18Any person who serves Christ
by living this way is pleasing God. And that person will be accepted by other people.
19So let us try as hard as we can to do the things that make peace. And let us try
to do the things that will help each other. 20Don't let the eating of food destroy
the work of God. All food is right to eat. But it is wrong for a person to eat something
that makes another person fall into sin. 21It is better not to eat meat or drink
wine if that makes your brother [or sister] fall into sin. It is better not to
do anything that will make your brother [or sister] sin. 22Your beliefs about these
things should be kept secret between yourself and God. A person is blessed (happy)
if he can do the things he thinks are right without feeling guilty. 23But if a person
eats something without being sure that it is right, then that person makes himself
wrong. Why? Because that person did not believe that it was right. And if a person
does anything without believing that it is right, then it is sin.
Footnotes: any kind of food The Jewish law said there were some foods Jews should
not eat. When Jews became Christians, some of them did not understand they could
now eat all foods. Scriptures Holy Writings--the Old Testament. Spirit, Holy Spirit
Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with
God and Christ, He does God's work among people in the world.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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