9. For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead.
10. You then, who eat only vegetables — why do you pass judgement on others? And you who eat anything — why do you despise other believers? All of us will stand before God to be judged by him.
11. For the scripture says:“As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord,everyone will kneel before me,and everyone will confess that I am God.”
12. Every one of us, then, will have to give an account of ourselves to God.
13. So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make another stumble or fall into sin.
14. My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if a person believes that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for that person.