¹⁴The Lord Jesus has given me the knowledge and conviction that no food is unacceptable in and of itself. But it is unacceptable to a person who thinks it is. ¹⁵So 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. ¹⁶Don’t allow anyone to say that what you consider good is evil.

¹⁷God’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. ¹⁸The person who serves Christ with this in mind is pleasing to God and respected by people.

¹⁹So let’s pursue those things which bring peace and which are good for each other. ²⁰Don’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. ²¹The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that causes another Christian to have doubts. ²²So 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. ²³But if a person has doubts and still eats, he is condemned because he didn’t act in faith. Anything that is not done in faith is sin.

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