¹³ Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.^(A)

²¹ it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.^[a](A)

²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not indignant?^(A)

³ We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,^(A)

⁵ or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;^(A)

Glorify God in Body and Spirit

¹² “All things are permitted for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are permitted for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

¹⁹ For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.^{(A) 20} To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to gain Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might gain those under the law. ²¹ To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not outside God’s law but am within Christ’s law) so that I might gain those outside the law.^{(B) 22} To the weak I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. ²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I might become a partner in it.

³³ just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that of many, so that they may be saved.^(A) 11 ¹ Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.^(B)

¹² If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more?

Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.^(A)

⁸ As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people, of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith, also oppose the truth.^{(A) 9} But they will not make much progress because, as in the case of those two men,^[a] their folly will become plain to everyone.