Just do as I do; I try to please everyone in all that I do, not thinking of my own good, but of the good of all, so that they might be saved.

So then, if food makes a believer sin, I will never eat meat again, so as not to make a believer fall into sin.

So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin.

We do not want anyone to find fault with our work, so we try not to put obstacles in anyone's way.

so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ.

Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or would you rather despise the church of God and put to shame the people who are in need? What do you expect me to say to you about this? Shall I praise you? Of course I don't!

So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.

For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?

But if I delay, this letter will let you know how we should conduct ourselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.