Romans 14:14-23

¹⁴I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to the one who thinks something is unclean, to that person it is unclean. ¹⁵For if because of food your brother or sister is hurt, you are no longer walking in accordance with love. Do not destroy with your choice of food that person for whom Christ died. ¹⁶Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil; ¹⁷for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸For the one who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and approved by other people. ¹⁹So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. ²⁰Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the person who eats and causes offense. ²¹It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles. ²²The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves. ²³But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.