Romans 14:15
If your fellow-believer is hurt by you over matters of food, then you're no longer behaving in a loving way. Don't destroy someone for whom Christ died by the food you choose to eat.
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16Don't let the good things you do be misrepresented—
Cross References
Romans 13:10Love doesn't do wrong to anyone, so love fulfils the law.
Romans 15:2We should all encourage others to do what's morally right, building them up.
1 Corinthians 8:11By your “better knowledge” the weaker believer is destroyed, a believer for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
Ephesians 5:2Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.
2 Peter 2:1But just as there were false prophets among the people then, there will be false teachers among you. They subtly introduce false and destructive teachings, even denying the Lord who redeemed them, quickly bringing destruction on themselves.
Matthew Henry on Romans 14:2-23
Exhortations to Candour; The Dominion of Christ. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5… Read the whole commentary →