Romans 14:1
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
2 For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
3 The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
- KJV
- Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
- WEB
- Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.
- ASV
- But him that is weak in faith receive ye, [yet] not for decision of scruples.
- DARBY
- Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to [the] determining of questions of reasoning.
- BLB
- And receive the one being weak in the faith, not for passing judgment on reasonings.
- ÅB
- Ta imot den som er svak i troen, uten å dømme hans tanker!
- OTB
- Ta imot den som er svak i troen, men ikke gå inn i diskusjoner om forskjellige meninger.
- B1930
- Ta eder av den som er svak i troen, uten å sette eder til doms over hans tanker!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:7–13
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
Read in contextRomans 15:7
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
Read in contextRomans 14:21
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:1–2
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:3–4
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Read in contextRomans 4:19
Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
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