JMNT(i)
19 Consequently, then, we are continuously pressing forward and pursuing the things pertaining to, belonging to and which are the peace [= shalom]
and the things pertaining to, belonging to and which are the act of building a house, pertaining to [
input]
into one another (or: which [effect] edification [infusing] into each other).
20 Stop tearing down (dissolving; loosing down; demolishing)
God's work for the sake of solid food (or: on account of the effect of what is eaten).
Indeed, all things [
are]
clean (= ceremonially pure; [Aleph2 adds: to the clean ones]),
but on the other hand, [
it is]
bad (harmful; unsound; base; wicked; evil; not as ought to be)
for (or: to; in; with)
the person who by habitually eating [
experiences]
an effect of [
or causes]
stumbling through it.
21 [
It is]
beautiful (fine; as it ought to be; profitable; ideal)
not to eat meat (animal flesh),
neither to drink wine, nor even that in which your brother habitually stumbles (strikes himself against [it]),
or is being constantly snared, or is continually weak.
22 The faith, trust and confidence which you yourself continue to have, hold it in accord with (in line with, on the level of, and corresponding to)
yourself in God's sight and presence (or: = Keep your personal faith between you and God).
Blessed and happy [
is]
the one not constantly judging himself (evaluating himself; separating and dividing things within himself; criticizing himself; making decisions or determinations about himself)
within that which he is habitually examining to test and to prove (or: in what he normally approves).