Romans 14
1As for the one who is weak in the faith, accept him, but do not quarrel over his opinions.
2One person believes he may eat anything, but the one who is weak eats only vegetables.
3The one who eats everything must not treat the one who does not with contempt, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, because God has accepted him.
4Who are you to judge someone else’s household slave? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will stand, because the Lord is able to make him stand.
5One person judges one day as more important than another day, while another judges every day to be the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind.
6The one who regards the day as special, regards the day for the Lord, and the one who eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, and the one who does not eat, does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.
7For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.
8For if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
9Christ died and was made alive again for this reason: so that he would be Lord over both the dead and the living.
10But you who are weak, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you who are strong, why do you treat your brother or sister with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
11For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.
12So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
13Therefore, we are not to judge one another anymore, but rather judge this: not to put a stumbling block or pitfall in a brother or sister’s way.
14(I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but to the one who considers something to be unclean, to that person it is unclean.)
15For if your brother or sister is distressed because of the food you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy, by your choice of food, the one for whom Christ died.
16Therefore, do not let the good blessings you enjoy be slandered by the weak.
17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in connection with the holy spirit.
18For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
19So then, let us continually pursue the things that produce peace and the things that build up one another.
20Do not tear down the work of God because of food! Indeed, all things are clean, but it is evil for a person to cause another to stumble by what he eats.
21It is good not to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything over which your brother or sister would stumble.
22The conviction that you have about such things, apply it to yourself in the sight of God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
23But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not based on trust, and whatever is not based on trust is sin.