Romans 14:13-21 ▼

13 therefore, may we judge one another no longer, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offense.

14 I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean—to that one [it is] unclean;

15 and if your brother is grieved through food, you no longer walk according to love; do not destroy with your food that one for whom Christ died.

16 Do not let, then, evil be spoken of your good,

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

18 for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.

19 So, then, may we pursue the things of peace, and the things of building up one another.

20 Do not cast down the work of God for the sake of food; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.

21 [It is] not right to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which your brother stumbles, or is made to fall, or is weak.