2 WYC For another man leueth, that he mai ete alle thingis; but he that is sijk, ete wortis. BSB BSB: For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
3 WYC He that etith, dispise not hym that etith not; and he that etith not, deme not hym that etith. For God hath take him to hym. BSB BSB: 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.
4 WYC Who art thou, that demest anothris seruaunt? To his lord he stondith, or fallith fro hym. But he schal stonde; for the Lord is myyti to make hym parfit. BSB BSB: Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
6 WYC Ech man encrees in his wit. He that vnderstondith the dai, vnderstondith to the Lord. And he that etith, etith to the Lord, for he doith thankyngis to God. And he that etith not, etith not to the Lord, and doith thankyngis to God. BSB BSB: He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
7 WYC For no man of vs lyueth to hymsilf, and no man dieth to hymself. BSB BSB: For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
8 WYC For whether we lyuen, we lyuen to the Lord; and whethir we dien, we dien to the Lord. Therfor whethir we lyuen or dien, we ben of the Lord. BSB BSB: If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
9 WYC For whi for this thing Crist was deed, and roos ayen, that he be Lord bothe of quyke and of deed men. BSB BSB: For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 WYC But what demest thou thi brothir? or whi dispisist thou thi brothir? for alle we schulen stonde bifore the trone of Crist. BSB BSB: Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
11 WYC For it is writun, Y lyue, seith the Lord, for to me ech kne schal be bowid, and ech tunge schal knouleche to God. BSB BSB: It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
12 WYC Therfor ech of vs schal yelde resoun to God for hym silf. BSB BSB: So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
13 WYC Therfor `no more deme we ech other; but more deme ye this thing, that ye putte not hirtyng, or sclaundre, to a brothir. BSB BSB: Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
15 WYC And if thi brother be maad sori in conscience for mete, now thou walkist not aftir charite. Nyle thou thorouy thi mete lese hym, for whom Crist diede. BSB BSB: If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
16 WYC Therfor be not oure good thing blasfemed. BSB BSB: Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
17 WYC For whi the rewme of God is not mete and drynk, but riytwisnesse and pees and ioye in the Hooli Goost. BSB BSB: For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 WYC And he that in this thing serueth Crist, plesith God, and is proued to men. BSB BSB: For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
19 WYC Therfor sue we tho thingis that ben of pees, and kepe we togidere `tho thingis that ben of edificacioun. BSB BSB: So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
20 WYC Nyle thou for mete distrie the werk of God. For alle thingis ben clene, but it is yuel to the man that etith bi offendyng. BSB BSB: Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
21 WYC It is good to not ete fleisch, and to not drynke wyn, nethir in what thing thi brother offendith, or is sclaundrid, or is maad sijk. BSB BSB: It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
22 WYC Thou hast feith anentis thi silf, haue thou bifore God. Blessid is he that demeth not hym silf in that thing that he preueth. BSB BSB: Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
23 WYC For he that demeth, is dampned, if he etith; for it is not of feith. And al thing that is not of feith, is synne. BSB BSB: But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.