“Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.”
The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. — Exouthenizo (treat with contempt, regard as nothing) and krino (judge, separate, condemn) are both forbidden. God's proslēpsis (reception, acceptance) of both proves both have standing. Neither side owns authority to judge the other's conscience.
Church Fathers on Romans 14:3
“Let not him that eats, despise him that eats not.” He does not say, let him alone, nor does he say, do not blame him, nor yet, do not set him right; but do not reproach him, do not “despise” him, to show they were doing a thing perfectly ridiculous. But of this he speaks in other words. “Let not him which eats not, judge him that eats.” For as the more advanced made light of these, as of little faith, and falsely healed, and spurious, and still Judaizers, so they too judged…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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