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18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.[a]

19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean,[b] it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:18 tn Grk “by men,” but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is generic here (“people”) since the contrast in context is between God and humanity.
  2. Romans 14:20 sn Here clean refers to food being ceremonially clean.