Romans 14:8-19

⁸Because if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

⁹For this very reason Christ both died and rose, and lived, so as to rule both dead and living.

¹⁰But you, why do you judge your brother? And you too, why do you look down on your brother? Because we will all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ.

¹¹For it is written: “ ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall acknowledge God.’ ”

¹²So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

¹³Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but rather resolve this: not to put a stumbling block or pitfall in a brother's way.

¹⁴I know and have been convinced by Sovereign Jesus that nothing is unclean of itself (still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean),

¹⁵but if your brother is offended because of food, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not, with your food, ruin someone for whom Christ died.

¹⁶So do not let your good be slandered;

¹⁷because the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.

¹⁸For whoever serves the Christ in these things is satisfying to God and approved by men.

¹⁹So then, let us pursue the things that promote peace and the things by which one may edify another.