15. For 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.
16. Therefore do not let your good be slandered.
17. For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18. For the one who serves Christ in this way is well-pleasing to God and approved by people.
19. So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what edifies one another.