^47 (A)to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”

¹⁰ that you may ^(A)distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,

²³ “And ^(A)they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to ^(B)discern between the unclean and the clean.

¹³ Therefore let us not judge one another ^[a]anymore, but rather resolve this, ^(A)not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

The Law of Love

¹⁴ I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus ^(B)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. ¹⁵ Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. ^(C)Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. ^16 (D)Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; ^17 (E)for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^(F)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he who serves Christ in ^[b]these things ^(G)is acceptable to God and approved by men.

^19 (H)Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which ^(I)one may ^[c]edify another. ^20 (J)Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. ^(K)All things indeed are pure, ^(L)but it is evil for the man who eats with ^[d]offense. ²¹ It is good neither to eat ^(M)meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles ^[e]or is offended or is made weak. ^22 [f]Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. ^(N)Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. ²³ But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for ^(O)whatever is not from faith is ^[g]sin.

² For one believes he ^(A)may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. ³ Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and ^(B)let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.