¹⁴ I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.^(A) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.^{(B) 15} If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.^(C) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.^{(D) 16} Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.^{(E) 17} For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,^(F) but of righteousness, peace^(G) and joy in the Holy Spirit,^{(H) 18} because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.^(I)

¹⁹ Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace^(J) and to mutual edification.^{(K) 20} Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.^(L) All food is clean,^(M) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.^{(N) 21} It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.^(O)

²² So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn^(P) himself by what he approves. ²³ But whoever has doubts^(Q) is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.^[a]

15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak^(R) and not to please ourselves. ² Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,^(S) to build them up.^{(T) 3} For even Christ did not please himself^(U) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”^{[b](V) 4} For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,^(W) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

⁵ May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind^(X) toward each other that Christ Jesus had, ⁶ so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify^(Y) the God and Father^(Z) of our Lord Jesus Christ.