²⁸ But if anyone says to you, ‘This is sacrificed to idols’, do not eat it, because of him who showed it, and for conscience’ sake (for the Earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is),

²⁹ and the conscience, I say, not of your own, but of the other. For why should my freedom be judged by another man’s conscience?

³⁰ For if I, with gratitude, be a partaker, why am I maligned for that which I give thanks?