The Weak and the Strong
1Accept the person whose faith is weak. Don’t argue with them where you have differences of opinion. 2One person’s faith allows them to eat anything. But another person eats only vegetables because their faith is weak. 3The person who eats everything must not look down on the one who does not. And the one who doesn’t eat everything must not judge the person who does. That’s because God has accepted them. 4Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? Whether they are faithful or not is their own master’s concern. And they will be faithful, because the Lord has the power to make them faithful.
5One person considers one day to be more holy than another. Another person thinks all days are the same. Each of them should be absolutely sure in their own mind. 6Whoever thinks that one day is special does so to honor the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to honor the Lord. They give thanks to God. And whoever doesn’t eat meat does so to honor the Lord. They also give thanks to God. 7We don’t live for ourselves only. And we don’t die for ourselves only. 8If we live, we live to honor the Lord. If we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9Christ died and came back to life. He did this to become the Lord of both the dead and the living.
10Now then, who are you to judge your brother or sister? Why do you act like you’re better than they are? We will all stand in God’s courtroom to be judged. 11It is written,
“ ‘You can be sure that I live,’ says the Lord.
‘And you can be just as sure that everyone will kneel down in front of me.
Every tongue will have to tell the truth about God.’ ” (Isaiah 45:23)
12So we will all have to explain to God the things we have done.
13Let us stop judging one another. Instead, decide not to put anything in the way of a brother or sister. Don’t put anything in their way that would make them trip and fall. 14I am absolutely sure that nothing is “unclean” in itself. The Lord Jesus has convinced me of this. But someone may consider a thing to be “unclean.” If they do, it is “unclean” for them. 15Your brother or sister may be upset by what you eat. If they are, you are no longer acting as though you love them. So don’t destroy them by what you eat. Remember that Christ died for them. 16So suppose you know something is good. Then don’t let it be spoken of as if it were evil. 17God’s kingdom is not about eating or drinking. It is about doing what is right and having peace and joy. All this comes through the Holy Spirit. 18Those who serve Christ in this way are pleasing to God. They are pleasing to people too.
19So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build up one another. 20Don’t destroy the work of God because of food. All food is “clean.” But it’s wrong to eat anything that might cause problems for someone else’s faith. 21Don’t eat meat if it causes your brother or sister to sin. Don’t drink wine or do anything else that will make them sin.
22Whatever you believe about these things, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the person who doesn’t feel guilty for what they do. 23But whoever has doubts about what they eat is guilty if they eat. That’s because their eating is not based on faith. Everything that is not based on faith is sin.
Aláìlera àti alágbára
1Ẹ gba ẹni tí ó bá ṣe àìlera ní ìgbàgbọ́ mọ́ra, kí ẹ má ṣe tọpinpin ìṣeyèméjì rẹ̀. 2Ẹnìkan gbàgbọ́ pé òun lè máa jẹ ohun gbogbo: ṣùgbọ́n ẹlòmíràn tí ó sì jẹ́ aláìlera ní ìgbàgbọ́ ń jẹ ewébẹ̀ nìkan. 314.3: Kl 2.16.Kí ẹni tí ń jẹ ohun gbogbo má ṣe kẹ́gàn ẹni tí kò jẹ; kí ẹni tí kò sì jẹ ohun gbogbo kí ó má ṣe dá ẹni tí ń jẹ lẹ́bi: nítorí Ọlọ́run ti gbà á. 4Ta ni ìwọ láti dá ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ ẹlòmíràn lẹ́jọ́? Lójú olúwa tirẹ̀ ni òun dúró, tàbí ṣubú. Òun yóò sì dúró nítorí Ọlọ́run ní agbára láti mú kí òun dúró.
514.5: Ga 4.10.Ẹnìkan bu ọlá fún ọjọ́ kan ju òmíràn; ẹlòmíràn bu ọlá fún ọjọ́ gbogbo bákan náà. Kí olúkúlùkù kí ó dá ara rẹ̀ lójú ní inú ara rẹ̀. 6Ẹni tí ó bá ya ọjọ́ kan sí ọ̀tọ̀, ó ń yà á sọ́tọ̀ fún Olúwa. Ẹni tí ó ń jẹ ẹran, ó ń jẹ ẹran fún Olúwa, nítorí pé òun náà dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run; ẹni tí kò bá sì jẹ ẹran, kò jẹ ẹran fún Olúwa, òun náà dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run. 714.7: Ga 2.20; 2Kọ 5.15.Nítorí kò sí ẹnìkan tí ó wà láààyè fún ara rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí ẹni tí ó kú fún ara rẹ̀. 814.8: Fp 1.20.Bí a bá wà láààyè, a wà láààyè fún Olúwa; bí a bá sì kú, a kú fún Olúwa. Nítorí náà, bí a wà láààyè, tàbí bí a kú, ti Olúwa ni àwa i ṣe. 9Nítorí ìdí èyí náà ni Kristi ṣe kú, tí ó sì tún yè, kí ó bá le jẹ́ Olúwa òkú àti alààyè.
1014.10: 2Kọ 5.10.Èéṣe nígbà náà tí ìwọ fi ń dá arákùnrin tàbí arábìnrin rẹ lẹ́jọ́? Tàbí èéṣe tí ìwọ fi ń gàn wọn? Nítorí gbogbo wa ni yóò dúró níwájú ìtẹ́ ìdájọ́ Ọlọ́run. 1114.11: Isa 45.23; Fp 2.10-11.A ti kọ ìwé rẹ̀ pé:
“ ‘Níwọ́n ìgbà tí mo wà láààyè,’ ni Olúwa wí,
‘gbogbo eékún ni yóò wólẹ̀ fún mi;
gbogbo ahọ́n ni yóò jẹ́wọ́ fún Ọlọ́run.’ ”
12Ǹjẹ́ nítorí náà, olúkúlùkù wa ni yóò jíyìn ara rẹ̀ fún Ọlọ́run.
1314.13: Mt 7.1; 1Kọ 8.13.Nítorí náà, ẹ má ṣe tún jẹ́ kí a máa dá ara wa lẹ́jọ́ mọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n dípò bẹ́ẹ̀, ẹ pinu nínú ọkàn yín láti má ṣe fi ohun ìkọ̀sẹ̀ tàbí òkúta ìdìgbòlù kankan sí ọ̀nà arákùnrin tàbí arábìnrin yín. 14Mo mọ̀ dájú gbangba bí ẹni tí ó wà nínú Jesu Olúwa pé, kò sí ohun tó ṣe àìmọ́ fún ara rẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó bá ka ohunkóhun sí àìmọ́, òun ni ó ṣe àìmọ́ fún. 1514.15: Ro 14.20; 1Kọ 8.11.Bí inú arákùnrin tàbí arábìnrin rẹ ba bàjẹ́ nítorí oúnjẹ rẹ, ìwọ kò rìn nínú ìfẹ́ mọ́. Má ṣe fi oúnjẹ rẹ sọ ẹni tí Kristi kú fún di ẹni ègbé. 1614.16: 1Kọ 10.30.Nítorí náà, ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí a máa sọ̀rọ̀ ohun tí ẹ mọ̀ sí rere ní búburú. 17Nítorí ìjọba ọ̀run kì í ṣe jíjẹ àti mímu, bí kò ṣe nípa ti òdodo, àlàáfíà àti ayọ̀ nínú Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́, 18nítorí ẹni tí ó bá sin Kristi nínú nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni ó ṣe ìtẹ́wọ́gbà lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, tí ó sì ní ìyìn lọ́dọ̀ ènìyàn.
1914.19: Mk 9.50; Ro 12.18; 1Tẹ 5.11.Nítorí náà, ẹ jẹ́ kí a ṣa gbogbo ipá wa láti máa lépa àlàáfíà, àti ohun tí àwa yóò fi gbé ara wa ró. 2014.20: Ro 14.15; 1Kọ 8.9-12.Má ṣe bi iṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run ṣubú nítorí oúnjẹ. Gbogbo oúnjẹ ni ó mọ́, ṣùgbọ́n ohun búburú ni fún ẹni náà tí ó jẹ ohunkóhun tí ó le mú ẹlòmíràn kọsẹ̀. 2114.21: 1Kọ 8.13.Ó dára kí a má tilẹ̀ jẹ ẹran tàbí mu wáìnì tàbí ṣe ohunkóhun tí yóò mú arákùnrin tàbí arábìnrin rẹ ṣubú.
2214.22: Ro 2.1.Nítorí náà, ohun tí ìwọ bá gbàgbọ́ nípa gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí, pa á mọ́ ní àárín ìwọ àti Ọlọ́run. Alábùkún fún ni ẹni náà tí kò dá ara rẹ̀ lẹ́bi nínú ohun tí ó yàn. 23Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó ṣe iyèméjì, ó jẹ̀bi bí ó ba jẹ ẹ́, nítorí jíjẹ ẹ́ rẹ̀ kò ti inú ìgbàgbọ́ wá; bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni, ohun gbogbo tí kò bá ti inú ìgbàgbọ́ wá, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni.
