17. for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
18. for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.
19. So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;
20. 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. 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.
22. Thou hast faith! to thyself have [it] before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,
23. and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because [it is] not of faith; and all that [is] not of faith is sin.