Rom 14:15-23, 1Cor 8:4, 7-13, 9:12, 10:24-33, 2Th 3:9 | ESV | STEP | For if your brother is grieved by what you eat , you are no longer walking in love . By what you eat , do not destroy the one for whom Christ died .

Romans 14:15-23

15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, ^ayou are no longer walking in love. ^bBy what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 ^cSo do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 ^dFor the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but ^eof righteousness and ^fpeace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is ^gacceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us ^hpursue what makes for peace and for ⁱmutual upbuilding.

20 ^jDo not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. ^kEverything is indeed clean, but ^lit is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 ^mIt is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened} 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. ^oBlessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert here 16:25–27}

1 Corinthians 8:4

4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that ^q“an idol has no real existence,” and that ^r“there is no God but one.”

1 Corinthians 8:7-13

7 However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, ^sthrough former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and ^ttheir conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 ^uFood will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9 But take care ^vthat this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block ^wto the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating ^{▼▼Greek reclining at table} in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, ^{▼▼Or fortified; Greek built up} if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11 And so by your knowledge this weak person is ^zdestroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} and ^abwounding their conscience when it is weak, ^acyou sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, ^adif food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

1 Corinthians 9:12

12 If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more?

Nevertheless, ^aewe have not made use of this right, but we endure anything ^afrather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:24-33

24 ^agLet no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 ^ahEat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For ^ai“the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.” 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, ^ajeat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29 I do not mean ^akyour conscience, but his. For ^alwhy should my liberty be determined by someone else’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that ^amfor which I give thanks?

31 So, whether you eat or drink, or ^anwhatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 ^aoGive no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to ^apthe church of God, 33 just as ^aqI try to please everyone in everything I do, ^arnot seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

9 It was ^asnot because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves ^atan example to imitate.