8. for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;
9. for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.
10. And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;
11. for it hath been written, `I live! saith the Lord--to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'
12. so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;
13. no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.
14. I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean--to that one [it is] unclean;
15. and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.
16. Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,
17. for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
18. for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.