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}.
20
Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All [things] [are] clean, but [it is] wrong for the person {who eats and stumbles in the process}.
21
[It is] good not to eat meat or to drink wine or [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.
[b].
Literally "the things of edification toward one another"
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