19-21 So let’s agree to use all our energy in getting along with each other. Help others with encouraging words; don’t drag them down by finding fault. You’re certainly not going to permit an argument over what is served or not served at supper to wreck God’s work among you, are you? I said it before and I’ll say it again: All food is good, but it can turn bad if you use it badly, if you use it to trip others up and send them sprawling. When you sit down to a meal, your primary concern should not be to feed your own face but to share the life of Jesus. So be sensitive and courteous to the others who are eating. Don’t eat or say or do things that might interfere with the free exchange of love.

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19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace(A) and to mutual edification.(B) 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(C) All food is clean,(D) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(E) 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.(F)

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