15. So if what you eat hurts another Christian, you are no longer living by love. Don’t destroy anyone by what you eat. Christ died for that person.
16. Don’t allow anyone to say that what you consider good is evil.
17. God’s kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God’s kingdom consists of God’s approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.
18. The person who serves Christ with this in mind is pleasing to God and respected by people.
19. So let’s pursue those things which bring peace and which are good for each other.
20. Don’t ruin God’s work because of what you eat. All food is acceptable, but it’s wrong for a person to eat something if it causes someone else to have doubts.
21. The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that causes another Christian to have doubts.
22. So whatever you believe about these things, keep it between yourself and God. The person who does what he knows is right shouldn’t feel guilty. He is blessed.