Romans 14:15

First Nations Version

If you cause pain and sorrow by looking down on how a sacred family member sees food, then you are no longer walking the road of love. Do not let your strong feelings about food become the ruin of one for whom the Chosen One died.

Cross References

Galatians 5:13

But you, my sacred family members, have been called to walk in freedom. Do not use this freedom to walk in weak and broken human ways. Instead, walk in love and serve each other.

Ephesians 5:2

Walk the road of love, following the path of the Chosen One, who loved us and offered up his life to the Great Spirit like the smoke of burning sage.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now I will give my answer to you about offering food to spirit-images. We may think we know all the answers about these things. Knowledge puffs up the individual, but love strengthens and builds up the sacred family. Knowledge makes big heads, but love makes big hearts.

Romans 15:2

but also for the good of all who walk with us.

Romans 14:20

While it is true that all foods are ceremonially pure, it is not good to force the way you eat on others and make them stumble.

1 John 2:2

He paid a great price to set us free from our bad hearts and broken ways, not only for us but for all people.

1 Corinthians 13:1

I may have the gift of speaking in both the languages of human beings and of spirit-messengers, but if I fail to love, my words become like the screech of a cat or the yelping of a wild dog.

Romans 13:10

Love does no harm to another, so loving others fulfills the purpose of the law.

2 Peter 2:1

But just as there were false prophets among the people of tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel), there will also be false teachers among you. They will sneak into your gatherings and teach things that are harmful to our spiritual ways. They will even deny the Honored One who paid a great price to set them free. In doing so, they will quickly bring ruin down on their own heads.