^{15 Ref} and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

^{16 Ref} Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

^{17 Ref} for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

^{18 Ref} for he who in these things is serving the Christ, `is' acceptable to God and approved of men.

^{19 Ref} So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

^{20 Ref} for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, `are' pure, but evil `is' to the man who is eating through stumbling.

^{21 Ref} Right `it is' not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to `do anything' in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.