“Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.”
— WEB
Romans 14:22
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.”
— KJV
“The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.”
— ASV
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Commentary
Hast thou faith--on such matters? have it to thyself--within thine own breast before God--a most important clause. It is not mere sincerity, or a private opinion, of which the apostle speaks; it is conviction as to what is the truth and will of God. If thou hast formed this conviction in the sight of God, keep thyself in this frame before Him. Of course, this is not to be over-pressed, as if it were wrong to discuss such points at all with our weaker brethren. All that is here condemned is such a zeal for small points as endangers Christian love. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth--allows himself to do nothing, about the lawfulness of which he has scruples; does only what he neither knows nor fears to be sinful.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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