Principles of Conscience

14 Now (A)accept the one who is (B)weak [a]in faith, but not [b]to have quarrels over opinions.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:1 Or in the faith
  2. Romans 14:1 Lit for quarrels

The Weak and the Strong

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,(A) without quarreling over disputable matters.

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10 For if someone sees you, the one who has (A)knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat (B)things sacrificed to idols? 11 For through (C)your knowledge the one who is weak (D)is ruined, the brother or sister for whose sake Christ died. 12 (E)And so, by sinning against the brothers and sisters and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin (F)against Christ. 13 Therefore, (G)if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to sin.

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10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(A) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(B) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(C) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(D) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(E)

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