19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace[a] and what edifies one another[b]. 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[c]. 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.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:19 Literally “the things of peace”
  2. Romans 14:19 Literally “the things of edification toward one another”
  3. Romans 14:20 Literally “who eats with stumbling”
  4. Romans 14:21 Some manuscripts omit “or is offended or is weakened”