Romans 14:16

Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil.

Paul commands us never to lose sight of what s essential and really important. And there are two ways to view the massage of this verse. First, if a believer does not eat a pork chop, out of love for a fellow believer, he has not lost or sacrificed anything essential; if a believer loses or sacrifices righteousness, then this is a serious problem. Fruits of the Spirit must be allowed to be displayed. If a brother is offended by your gentleness or patience, then by all means continue being gentle and patient, even at the expense of your Christian brother’s walk. He simply should not be offended by the fruits of the Spirit is he is a true believer. Do you ever get sick of seeing people displaying the fruits of the Spirit in genuine love and joy? I’m sad to say that I do. How can that be? Who will save me? Thanks be to God!

Second, if you use what you consider to be good in the wrong way and it ends up bringing your weaker brother down, then it will be spoken of as evil. So don’t use that which you consider good to bring someone down – even unintentionally. Think before you act. Ask yourself: Will this help the unity of the community? If you’re not certain that it will, don’t do it. I can’t make a decision that doesn’t have an impact on you. You’re my brother, and what I do, even in a closet, impacts you. The apostle Paul wants us to always be thinking about one another because we love one another as members of the same Body.