but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness.

You must not, just for the sake of food, undo the work of God. It is true, everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to hurt the consciences of others by what he eats.

So as a follower of Christ Jesus I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

But now there is no more work for me in this part of the world, and as I have had a great desire for many years to come to see you,