15. and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.
16. Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,
17. for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
18. for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.
19. So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;
20. for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.
21. Right [it is] not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.
22. Thou hast faith! to thyself have [it] before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,
23. and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because [it is] not of faith; and all that [is] not of faith is sin.