# If because of food your brother is hurt

"If you hurt your fellow believer's faith over the matter of food." Here the word "your" refers to those who are strong in faith and "brother" refers to those who are weak in faith.

# brother

Here this means a fellow Christian, male or female.

# you are no longer walking in love

Paul speaks of the behavior of believers as if it were a walk. AT: "then you are no longer showing love" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])