Romans 14:10-20

¹⁰So why do you criticize your fellow-believer? Why do you despise your fellow-believer? For all of us will stand before God's throne of judgment.

¹¹For the Scriptures say, “‘As surely as I am alive,’ the Lord says, ‘Every knee shall bow before me, and every tongue will declare that I am God.’”

¹²So every one of us will have to explain ourselves to God.

¹³Therefore let's not judge each other anymore, but decide to do this instead—we won't put obstacles in the way of fellow-believers, or cause them to fall.

¹⁴I'm certain—persuaded by the Lord Jesus—that nothing in itself is ceremonially unclean. But if someone considers it to be unclean, to them it is unclean.

¹⁵If your fellow-believer is hurt by you over matters of food, then you're no longer behaving in a loving way. Don't destroy someone for whom Christ died by the food you choose to eat.

¹⁶Don't let the good things you do be misrepresented—

¹⁷for God's kingdom is not about eating and drinking, but about living right, having peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸Anyone who serves Christ in this way pleases God, and is appreciated by others.

¹⁹So let's pursue the path of peace, and find ways to encourage each other.

²⁰Don't destroy the work of God with arguments over food. Everything is clean—but it would be wrong to eat and offend others.