²⁰ Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.^(A) All food is clean,^(B) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.^{(C) 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.^(D)

²² So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn^(E) himself by what he approves.