¹⁴I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus ^pthat there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. ¹⁵Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. ^qDo not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. ¹⁶^rTherefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; ¹⁷^sfor the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^tpeace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸For he who serves Christ in ⁵these things ^uis acceptable to God and approved by men.

¹⁹^vTherefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which ^wone may ⁶edify another. ²⁰^xDo not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. ^yAll things indeed are pure, ^zbut it is evil for the man who eats with ⁷offense. ²¹It is good neither to eat ^ameat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles ⁸or is offended or is made weak. ²²⁹Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. ^bHappy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. ²³But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for ^cwhatever is not from faith is ¹sin.

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Footnotes

5NU this thing
6build up
7A feeling of giving offense
8NU omits the rest of v. 21.
9NU The faith which you have—have
1M puts Rom. 16:25–27 here.

Cross references

p 1 Cor. 10:25
q Rom. 14:20; 1 Cor. 8:11
r[Rom. 12:17]
s 1 Cor. 8:8
t[Rom. 8:6]
u 2 Cor. 8:21; Phil. 4:8; 1 Pet. 2:12
v Ps. 34:14; Rom. 12:18; 1 Cor. 7:15; 2 Tim. 2:22; Heb. 12:14
w 1 Cor. 14:12; 1 Thess. 5:11
x Rom. 14:15
y Acts 10:15
z 1 Cor. 8:9–12
a 1 Cor. 8:13
b[1 John 3:21]
c Titus 1:15