014:015 If your brother is pained by the food you are eating,
your conduct is no longer controlled by love. Take care lest,
by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died.
014:016 Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be
exposed to reproach.
014:017 For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking,
but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit;
014:018 and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes
pleasure in him, and men highly commend him.
014:019 Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual
upbuilding of character.
014:020 Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work.
All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food
is a snare to others.
014:021 The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine
or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.
014:022 As for you and your faith, keep your faith to yourself in
the presence of God. The man is to be congratulated who does
not pronounce judgement on himself in what his actions sanction.
014:023 But he who has misgivings and yet eats meat is condemned already,
because his conduct is not based on faith; for all conduct
not based on faith is sinful.
015:001 As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses
of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.
015:002 Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian,
aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.
015:003 For even the Christ did not seek His own pleasure.
His principle was, "The reproaches which they addressed
to Thee have fallen on me."
015:004 For all that was written of old has been written for our instruction,