19 Aulso waut saj ekj hia? daut en Jetsaopfa irjent waut es? oda daut en Jetse irjent waut es?

20 Oba waut see opfre, opfre see to Beese Jeiste, en nich to Gott; en ekj wel nich daut jie aundeel sele ha aun Beese Jeiste.

21 Jie kjenne nich daem Herr sien Owentsmolglaus drinkje, en uk dee Beese Jeiste aea Glaus; jie kjenne nich aun daem Herr sien Desch deel naeme, uk dee Beese Jeiste aea Desch.

22 Oda moak wie daem Herr aufjenstich? Es hee nich stoaka aus wie sent?

23 Aules es mie erlaubt, oba daut deent nich aules tom Goode; Aules es mie erlaubt, oba nich aules deit oppbuhe.

24 Kjeena sull daut sienje seakje, oba daut waut fa daen Naekjsta tom Goode es.

25 Aet wautemma enne Fleeschmoakjte fekofft woat, en unjaseakjt nusscht waeajen daut Jewesse.

26 Dan de Ead en aules waut doabenne es jeheat daem Herr.

27 Wan ju waea fonn dee Onnjleewende enlode deit, en jie gone welle, aet wautemma fer junt jesat woat, en froagt nusscht omm Jewesse haulwe.

28 Oba wan waea sajcht: "Dit es Jetseopfa", dan aet daut nich omm daem sien haulwe dee daut aunwees, en omm Jewesse haulwe;

29 Jewesse, saj ekj, nich jun eajnet, oba janem sient. Dan wuaromm sull miene Frieheit fonn en aundrem sien Jewesse jerecht woare?

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19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(A) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(B) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.(C) 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(D) Are we stronger than he?(E)

The Believer’s Freedom

23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(F) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.(G)

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,(H) 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”[a](I)

27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you(J) without raising questions of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.(K) 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom(L) being judged by another’s conscience?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:26 Psalm 24:1