^14:14I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean. ^14:15For if your brother or sister¹¹ is distressed because of what you eat,¹² you are no longer walking in love.¹³ Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died. ^14:16Therefore do not let what you consider good¹⁴ be spoken of as evil. ^14:17For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. ^14:18For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.¹⁵

^14:19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another. ^14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean,¹⁶ it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. ^14:21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.¹⁷^14:22The faith¹⁸ you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves. ^14:23But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.¹⁹

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Footnotes

11 Grk “brother.”
12 Grk “on account of food.”
13 Grk “according to love.”
14 Grk “do not let your good.”
15 Grk “by men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is generic here (“people”) since the contrast in context is between God and humanity.
16 Here clean refers to food being ceremonially clean.
17 A large number of , some of them quite important (𝔓46vid א2 B D F G Ψ 0209 33 1881 𝔐 lat sa), read “or to be offended or to be made weak” after “to stumble.” The shorter reading “to stumble” is found only in Alexandrian (א* A C 048 81 945 1506 1739 bo). Although external evidence favors inclusion, internal evidence points to a scribal expansion, perhaps reminiscent of 1 Cor 8:11–13. The shorter reading is therefore preferred.
18 Several important Alexandrian witnesses (א A B C 048) have the relative pronoun ἥν (hēn, “the faith that you have”) at this juncture, but D F G Ψ 1739 1881 𝔐 lat co lack it. Without the pronoun, the clause is more ambiguous (either “Keep the faith [that] you have between yourself and God” or “Do you have faith? Keep it between yourself and God”). The pronoun thus looks to be a motivated reading, created to clarify the meaning of the text. Even though it is found in the better witnesses, in this instance internal evidence should be given preference. places the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.
19 Some insert 16:25–27 at this point. See the note at for more information.