1 Corinthians 8:8-13

English Standard Version

^8 (A)Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. ⁹ But take care ^(B)that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block ^(C)to the weak. ¹⁰ For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating^[a] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,^[b] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? ¹¹ And so by your knowledge this weak person is ^(D)destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. ¹² Thus, sinning against your brothers^[c] and ^(E)wounding their conscience when it is weak, ^(F)you sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore, ^(G)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.