1 Corinthians 4:3
. . . I do not even judge myself.
(4)
My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent.
It is the Lord who judges me.
(5)
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till
the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness
and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each
will receive his praise from God.
James 4:12
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to
save and destroy. But you – who are you to judge your neighbour?
Romans 14:1
(1)
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on
disputable matters.
(2)
One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another
man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
(3)
The man who eats everything must not look down on him who
does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not
condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.
(4)
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own
master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is
able to make him stand.
(5)
One man considers one day more sacred than another; another
man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced
in his own mind.
(6)
He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He
who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and
he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
(7)
For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to
himself alone.
(8)
If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the
Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
(9)
For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so
that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
(10)
You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look
down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment
seat.
(11)
It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘Every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to
God.’”
(12)
So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
(13)
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another.
Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling-block or
obstacle in your brother’s way.
(14)
As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that
no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as
unclean, then for him it is unclean.
(15)
If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you
are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your
brother for whom Christ died.
(16)
Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil.
(17)
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and
drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
(18)
because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to
God and approved by men.
(19)
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace
and to mutual edification.
(20)
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All
food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that
causes someone else to stumble.
(21)
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything
else that will cause your brother to fall.
(22)
So whatever you believe about these things keep between
yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself
by what he approves.