1 Corinthians 10:23-30

Wycliffe Bible

²³All things be leaveful to me, but not all things be speedful. All things be leaveful to me, but not all things edify.

²⁴No man seek that thing that is his own, but that thing that is of another.

²⁵All thing that is sold in the butchery, eat ye, asking nothing for conscience.

²⁶The earth and the plenty of it, is the Lord's.

²⁷If any of heathen men call you to supper [Forsooth if any of unfaithful, or heathen men, calleth you to supper], and ye will go, all thing that is set to you, eat ye, asking nothing for conscience.

²⁸But if any man saith [If any man soothly say to you], This thing is offered to idols, do not ye eat, for him that showed [this thing], and for conscience;

²⁹and I say not, thy conscience, but of another [man's]. But whereto is my freedom deemed of another man's conscience [Soothly whereto is my liberty, or freedom, deemed of another man's conscience]?

³⁰Therefore if I take part with grace, what am I blasphemed, for that that I do thankings [for that that I do graces, or thankings]?

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1 Corinthians 10:23-30

New International Version

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. ²⁴No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.^(B)

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

²⁷If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you^(E) without raising questions of conscience. ²⁸But 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.^(F) ²⁹I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom^(G) being judged by another’s conscience? ³⁰If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?^(H)