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19 So then [a]let us (A)pursue the things which make for peace and the (B)building up of one another. 20 (C)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. (D)All things indeed are clean, but (E)they are evil for the man who eats [b]and gives offense. 21 (F)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:19 Some mss we pursue
  2. Romans 14:20 Lit through stumbling, cf. 14:13, 21

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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