Christian Liberty

²³ “Everything is permissible,”^[a] but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,”^[b] but not everything builds up. ²⁴ No one is to seek his own good, but the good of the other person.^(A)

²⁵ Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience, ²⁶ since the earth is the Lord’s,^(B) and all that is in it.^{[c](C) 27} If any of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions for the sake of conscience. ²⁸ But if someone says to you, “This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it,^(D) out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.^{[d] 29} I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged^(E) by another person’s conscience? ³⁰ If I partake with thanksgiving,^(F) why am I criticized because of something for which I give thanks?