The Believer’s Freedom

²³ “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.^(A) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.

Sexual Immorality

¹² “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.^(A) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

⁹ Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block^(A) to the weak.^(B)

²⁹ Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,^(A) but only what is helpful for building others up^(B) according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

¹⁹ Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace^(A) and to mutual edification.^{(B) 20} Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.^(C) All food is clean,^(D) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.^(E)