Romans 14:11-17

11Scripture says, “As certainly as I live, says the Lord, everyone will worship me, and everyone will praise God.”

12All of us will have to give an account of ourselves to God.

13So let’s stop criticizing each other. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make other Christians have doubts or lose their faith.

14The Lord Jesus has given me the knowledge and conviction that no food is unacceptable in and of itself. But it is unacceptable to a person who thinks it is.

15So if what you eat hurts another Christian, you are no longer living by love. Don’t destroy anyone by what you eat. Christ died for that person.

16Don’t allow anyone to say that what you consider good is evil.

17God’s kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God’s kingdom consists of God’s approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.