15. Your brothers and sisters may be upset by what you eat. If they are, you are no longer acting as though you love them. So don't destroy them by what you eat. Christ died for them.
16. Don't let something you consider good be spoken of as if it were evil.
17. God's kingdom has nothing to do with eating or drinking. It is a matter of being right with God. It brings the peace and joy the Holy Spirit gives.
18. Those who serve Christ in this way are pleasing to God. They are pleasing to people too.
19. So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build each other up.
20. Don't destroy the work of God because of food. All food is "clean." But it is wrong for you to eat anything that causes someone else to trip and fall.