Rom 14:2-3, 14-15, 1Ti 4:4-6, Heb 9:10, 13:9 | ESV | STEP | One person believes he may eat anything , while the weak person eats only vegetables .

i[See ver. 3 above]

j Gen. 1:25, 31

k[2 Tim. 3:14, 15]

m 2 Tim. 3:10

nSee Lev. 11:2

o Mark 7:4, 8; See Lev. 11:25

p Jude 12; See Eph. 4:14

qSee Col. 2:16

Romans 14:2-3

2 ^aOne person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and ^blet not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.

Romans 14:14-15

14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus ^cthat nothing is unclean in itself, ^dbut it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, ^eyou are no longer walking in love. ^fBy what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.

1 Timothy 4:4-6

4 For ^geverything created by God is good, and ^hnothing is to be rejected if it is ⁱreceived with thanksgiving, 5 for it is made holy ^jby the word of God and prayer.

A Good Servant of Christ Jesus

6 ^kIf you put these things before the brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have ^mfollowed.

Hebrews 9:10

10 but deal only with ⁿfood and drink and ^ovarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Hebrews 13:9

9 Do not be ^pled away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, ^qnot by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.