But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God's punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience.

I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate.

But if I do what I don't want to do, I am no longer the one who is doing it, but it is the sin that is living in me.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death.

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.