014:006 He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.
014:007 For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
014:008 If we live, we live to the Lord: if we die, we die to the Lord.
So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
014:009 For this was the purpose of Christ's dying and coming to life—
namely that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.
014:010 But you, why do you find fault with your brother?
Or you, why do you look down upon your brother?
We shall all stand before God to be judged;
014:011 for it is written, "`As I live,' says the Lord, `to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall make confession to God.'"
014:012 So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God.
014:013 Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement—that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up.
014:014 As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus, I know
and am certain that in its own nature no food is `impure';
but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is.
014:015 If your brother is pained by the food you are eating,
your conduct is no longer controlled by love. Take care lest,
by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died.