³⁶ But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

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) 11} It is written:

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

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

²¹ Once you were alienated from God and were enemies^(A) in your minds^(B) because of^[a] your evil behavior. ²² But now he has reconciled^(C) you by Christ’s physical body^(D) through death to present you^(E) holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation^(F)— ²³ if you continue^(G) in your faith, established^(H) and firm, and do not move from the hope^(I) held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,^(J) and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.^(K)