¹³ Therefore let us stop passing judgment^(A) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.^(B)

Paul’s Hardships

³ We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path,^(A) so that our ministry will not be discredited.

¹¹ Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.^(A) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister^[a] or judges them^(B) speaks against the law^(C) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,^(D) but sitting in judgment on it.

⁹ Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block^(A) to the weak.^{(B) 10} For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?^{(C) 11} So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed^(D) by your knowledge. ¹² When you sin against them^(E) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.^{(F) 13} Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.^(G)

⁵⁷ “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

Judging Others^(A)

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.^(B)

Comfort for the Contrite

¹⁴ And it will be said:

¹⁷ I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.^(A) Keep away from them.^(B)

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)