The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

HIm that is weake in the fayth / recea∣ve vnto you / not in disputynge & trou∣blynge [ A] his conscience. One beleveth that he maye eate all thing{is}. Another which is weake / eateth earbes. Let not him that ea∣teth /

despise him that eateth not. And let not him whiche eateth not / iudge him that ea∣teth. For God hath receaved him. What ar∣te thou that iudgest another mānes servaūt?* 1.1 Whether he stonde or faule / that pertayneth vnto his master: ye / he shall stonde. For God is able to make him stonde.

This man putteth difference bitwene daye [ B] and daye. Another man counteth all dayes alyke. Se that no man waver in his awne mea¦nynge. He that observeth one daye more then another / doth it for y^• lordes pleasure. And he that observeth not one daye moare then ano∣ther / doeth it to please y^• lorde also. He that ea¦teth / doth it to please the lorde / for he geveth god thankes. And he y^• eateth not / eateth not to please y^e lorde w^t all / & geveth god thanke. For none of vs lyveth his awne servaūt: ne∣ther doeth anye of vs dye his awne servaunt. Yf we lyve / we lyve to be at y^e lorde will. And yf we dye / we dye at y^e lordes will. Whether* 1.2 we lyve therfore or dye / we are the lordes. For Christ therfore dyed & rose agayne / & revived / that he myght be lorde both of deed & quicke.

But why doest thou then iudge thy bro∣ther? Other why doest thou despyse thy bro∣ther? We shall all be brought before the iud∣gement seate of Christ. For it is written: as truely as I lyve sayth y^• lorde / all knees shall bowe to me / and all tonges shall geve a know¦ledge to God. So shall every one of vs geve accomptes of him selfe to God. Let vs not therfore iudge one another eny more.

But iudge this rather / that no man put a stomblynge blocke or an occasion to faule in [ C] his brothers waye. For I knowe and am full certified in the Lorde Iesus / that ther is no∣thinge* 1.3 comen of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth it to be comen: to him is it comen. If thy brother be greved with thy meate / now walkest thou not charitablye. Destroye not him with thy meate / for whom Christ dyed.* 1.4 Cause not youre treasure to be evyll spoken of. For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drinke: but rightewesnes / peace and ioye in the holy goost. For whosoever in these thinges serveth Christ / pleaseth well God / and is commended of men.

Let vs folowe tho thinges which make for [ D] peace / & thinges wherwith one maye edyfie another. Destroye not y^e worke of god for a ly¦tell meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it* 1.5 is evyll for that man / which eateth with hur∣te of his conscience. It is good nether to eate flesshe / nether to drincke wyne / nether eny¦thinge / wherby thy brother stombleth / ether falleth / or is made weake▪ Hast thou fayth? ha¦ve it with thy selfe before god. Happy▪ is he y^•* 1.6 condempneth not him selfe in that thinge which he aloweth. For he y^• maketh conscien∣ce / is dampned yf he eate: because he doth it not of fayth. For whatsoever is not of fayth / that same is synne. ⊢

Notes

• * 1.1

  iaco. iiij. ••
• * 1.2

  How we∣ake so euer we be we be Christes And ther∣fore to be fauoured for his sa¦ke. j. co. v. b. esa. xlv. d philip. ij.
• * 1.3

  Comē y^t is to saye vncleane
• * 1.4

  Oure tre¦asure is oure kno∣wledge. kyngedo∣me of god what it is.
• * 1.5

  ••it. j. d.
• * 1.6

  To do a∣gaynst cō¦science is dampna∣ble. And all that is not of fayth is synne.