Rom 14:3, 17, 1Cor 8:8, Col 2:20-23, Heb 13:9 | ESV | STEP | Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains , and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats , for God has welcomed him .

Romans 14:3

3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and ^alet not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.

Romans 14:17

17 ^bFor the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but ^cof righteousness and ^dpeace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 8:8

8 ^eFood will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

Colossians 2:20-23

20 If with Christ ^fyou died to the ^gelemental spirits of the world, ^hwhy, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 ⁱ“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ( ^jreferring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^khuman precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in ^lpromoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are ^mof no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

Hebrews 13:9

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