要接納信心軟弱的弟兄 — 羅馬書讀經隨筆 第14章

羅馬書第十四章第1—14節，保羅說我們要接納信心軟弱的弟兄。若信心軟弱的弟兄對一些問題持有不同意見，這不要與他爭論。比如，有信心的弟兄什麽都吃，而軟弱的弟兄隻吃蔬菜；有的看這日比那日重要，而有的弟兄看日日都一樣。我們若活著，是向主而活；若死了，是向主而死，所以我們或活或死總是主的人，不可再因為這些問題彼此論斷絆倒弟兄。保羅說，他憑著主耶穌確知深信凡物本來沒有不潔淨的，但是若一個弟兄認為某個東西不潔淨，對於他來說這個東西就不潔淨了。但是他已經相信了耶穌的死裏複活，耶穌已經救了他了。

 

羅14:1 信心軟弱的、你們要接納、但不要辯論所疑惑的事。

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

羅14:2 有人信百物都可吃．但那軟弱的、隻吃蔬菜。

One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

羅14:3 吃的人不可輕看不吃的人．不吃的人不可論斷吃的人．因為　神已經收納他了。

Don't let him who eats despise him who doesn't eat. Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

羅14:4 你是誰、竟論斷別人的仆人呢。他或站住、或跌倒、自有他的主人在．而且他也必要站住．因為主能使他站住。

Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

羅14:5 有人看這日比那日強、有人看日日都是一樣．隻是各人心裏要意見堅定。

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

羅14:6 守日的人、是為主守的．吃的人、是為主吃的、因他感謝　神．不吃的人、是為主不吃的、也感謝　神。

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. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.

羅14:8 我們若活著、是為主而活．若死了、是為主而死．所以我們或活或死、總是主的人。

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.

羅14:13 所以我們不可再彼此論斷．寧可定意誰也不給弟兄放下絆腳跌人之物。

Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.

羅14:14 我憑著主耶穌確知深信、凡物本來沒有不潔淨的．惟獨人以為不潔淨的、在他就不潔淨了。

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.