²⁹ I do not mean ^(A)your conscience, but his. For ^(B)why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?

¹⁹ For ^(A)though I am free from all, ^(B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might ^(C)win more of them.

¹⁵ For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, ^(A)you are no longer walking in love. ^(B)By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. ^16 (C)So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. ^17 (D)For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but ^(E)of righteousness and ^(F)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ Whoever thus serves Christ is ^(G)acceptable to God and approved by men. ¹⁹ So then let us ^(H)pursue what makes for peace and for ^(I)mutual upbuilding.

^20 (J)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. ^(K)Everything is indeed clean, but ^(L)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. ^21 (M)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.^[a]

²² Abstain from every form of evil.

²¹ for ^(A)we aim at what is honorable ^(B)not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.

^32 (A)Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to ^(B)the church of God,

⁹ But take care ^(A)that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block ^(B)to the weak. ¹⁰ For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating^[a] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,^[b] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? ¹¹ And so by your knowledge this weak person is ^(C)destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. ¹² Thus, sinning against your brothers^[c] and ^(D)wounding their conscience when it is weak, ^(E)you sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore, ^(F)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.