Romans 14:22 : The faith which thou halt, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth. The Christian is not charged to keep his faith in Christ and the gospel to himself; that faith must be spread abroad throughout the world. The Christian who was well taught knew that the legal distinction between clean and unclean animals had been done away; he would therefore likely believe that he could eat any meat he chose to eat. Romans 14:2 : "One man hath faith to eat all things." But the whole chapter shows that such faith must not be exercised under circumstances that might in his own home in the presence of God. Bloomfield has this: "Keep this persuasion to yourself, and your God; use it when you have no other witness." A man condemns himself in what he approves, if in holding to it and practicing it he causes others to stumble.