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) 15} If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.^(J) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.^{(K) 16} Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.^{(L) 17} For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,^(M) but of righteousness, peace^(N) and joy in the Holy Spirit,^{(O) 18} because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.^(P)

¹⁹ Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace^(Q) and to mutual edification.^{(R) 20} Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.^(S) All food is clean,^(T) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.^{(U) 21} It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.^(V)

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