¹⁴I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean of itself, except to the one who considers something to be unclean; to that person it is unclean. ¹⁵For if because of food, your brother is grieved, you are no longer living according to love. Do not destroy by your food that person for whom Christ died. ¹⁶Therefore do not let your good be slandered. ¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸For the one who serves Christ in this way is well-pleasing to God and approved by people.

¹⁹So then, let us pursue what promotes peace^e and what edifies one another^f. ²⁰Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All things are clean, but it is wrong for the person who eats and stumbles in the process^g. ²¹It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.^h ²²The faith that you have, have with respect to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not pass judgment on himself by what he approves. ²³But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

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Footnotes

eLiterally “the things of peace”
fLiterally “the things of edification toward one another”
gLiterally “who eats with stumbling”
hSome manuscripts omit “or is offended or is weakened”