⁵ One person considers one day more sacred than another;^(A) another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. ⁶ Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God;^(B) and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. ⁷ For none of us lives for ourselves alone,^(C) and none of us dies for ourselves alone. ⁸ If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.^(D)

¹⁰ You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister^[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt?^(A) For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.^(B)

¹² So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.^(A)

¹³ Therefore let us stop passing judgment^(B) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.^{(C) 14} I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.^(D) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.^(E)

¹⁶ Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.^{(A) 17} For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,^(B) but of righteousness, peace^(C) and joy in the Holy Spirit,^(D)

²² So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn^(A) himself by what he approves. ²³ But whoever has doubts^(B) is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.^[a]