¹³So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make another stumble or fall into sin. ¹⁴My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if a person believes that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for that person. ¹⁵If you hurt your brother or sister because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the person for whom Christ died! ¹⁶Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name. ¹⁷For God’s Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives. ¹⁸And when people serve Christ in this way, they please God and are approved by others.

¹⁹So then, we must always aim^s at those things that bring peace and that help to strengthen one another. ²⁰Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin.

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swe must always aim; some manuscripts have we always aim.