Romans · Chapter 14

[ edit] Forſoþe take ȝe a ſyk man in bileue, not in deceptaciouns, or diſpeticiouns, of þouȝtis. Soþli anoþir bileueþ himſilf for to ete alle þingis; forſoþ he þat is ſyk, or vnſtedefaſt, ete he wortis, or potage. He þat etiþ, diſpiſe not þe man not etynge; and he þat etiþ not, deme not þe man etynge. Soþli God haþ takyn him. Who art þou, þat demeſt anoþir ſeruaunt? To his lord he ſtondiþ, or falliþ doun. Forſoþ he ſchal ſtonde; forſoþ þe Lord is myȝti for to ordeyne him, or make ſtedefaſt. Forwhi anoþir demeþ a day bytwixe day, anoþer demeþ ech day. Ech man habunde, or be plenteuous, in his witt. He þat ſaueriþ, or vndirſtondiþ, þe day, vndirſtondiþ to þe Lord.

And he þat etiþ, etiþ to þe Lord, for he doiþ þankyngis to þe Lord. And he þat etiþ not, etiþ not to þe Lord, and doiþ þankingis to God. Forſoþ no man of vs lyueþ to hym ſilf, and no man deieþ to him ſilf. Soþli where we lyuen, we lyuen to þe Lord; where we deien, we deien to þe Lord. Þerfore wher we lyuen or deien, we ben of þe Lord. In þis þing ſoþli Criſt is deed, and roos aȝen, þat he be Lord and of quike and of deede. Forſoþe what demeſt þou þi broþer? or whi diſpiſiſt þou þi broþer? for alle we ſchulen ſtonde bifore þe trone of Criſt. For it is writun, I lyue, ſeiþ þe Lord, for to me ech knee ſchal ben bowid, and ech tunge ſchal knowleche to God.

And ſo ech of vs ſchal ȝelde reſoun to God for him ſilf. Þerfore no more deme we to gidere, or ech oþir; but more deme ȝe þis þing, þat ȝe putte not hurtynge, or ſclaundre, to a broþer. I woot and truſte in þe Lord Jheſu, for no þing is comune, or vnclene, by him, no but to him þat demeþ ony þing for to be vnclene, to him it is vnclene. Soþli if þi broþir be maad ſory, or heuy in conſcience, for mete, now þou walkiſt not aftir charite. Nyle þou þorw þi mete leeſe him, for whom Criſt diede. Þerfore be not oure good þing blasfemyd, or diſpiſid. Soþli þe rewme of God is not mete and drynke, but riȝtwyſneſſe and pees and ioye in þe Hooly Goſt.

Forſoþ he þat in þis þing ſerueþ Criſt, pleſiþ God, and is prouyd to men. And ſo ſue we þo þingis þat ben of pees, and kepe we þo þingis to gidere þat ben of edificacioun, þat is, to bylde ſoulis to heuene. Nyle þou for mete diſtroye þe work of God. Soþli alle þingis ben cleene, but it is yuel to þe man þat etiþ by offendinge, or ſclaundre. It is good for to not ete fleiſch, and for to not drynke wyn, neþer in what þing þi broþir offendiþ, or is ſclaundrid, or is maad ſyk, or vnſtedefaſt. Þou þat haſt feiþ anentis þi ſilf, haue þou bifore God. Bleſſid is he þat demeþ not, or dampneþ not, him ſilf in þat þing þat he proueþ. Forſoþ he þat demeþ, if he ete, is dampned; for it is not of feiþ.

Forſoþ al þing þat is not of feiþ, is ſynne.