Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Romans .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Romans 14 : 1 - 18
Chapter 14
1 | Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.
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2 | For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
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3 | Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.
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4 | Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
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5 | One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
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6 | He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
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7 | For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
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8 | For if we live, 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.
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9 | For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
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10 | But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
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11 | For it is written: "As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God."
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12 | So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.
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13 | Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.
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14 | I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
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15 | Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
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16 | Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;
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17 | for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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18 | For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
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The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.