14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that ^enothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean ^ffor anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are ^gno longer walking in love. ^hBy what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.

7 ^bHowever, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being ^cweak, is defiled. 8 ^dFood will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9 But ^etake care that this right of yours does not somehow become a ^fstumbling block to the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating¹ in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged,² if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11 ^gAnd so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers³ and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ^hyou sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.