Having established the need for grace in the areas of Christian liberty about which we disagree with our brothers and sisters in Christ, Paul now turns to the need for love to limit that liberty if exercising it were to cause harm to fellow Christians.
How can it harm others if I follow my conscience with respect to disputable matters? Two key ways: (1) The who have "weak" faith my imitate you, even though their conscience tells them that they should not, it then being an act of rebellion for them, or (2) those who disagree may look upon your choice as sinful (even though it is not) and have their faith damaged by your seeming hypocrisy at tolerating sin in your life.
In the end, Paul's command to us is to not allow our preferences in non-moral issues to ever bring other believers to harm. Proactively we must look out for each other and be willing to restrain our freedom if it will help the faith of other people for whom Christ died.
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