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?

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Footnotes

  1. 10:23 Other mss add for me
  2. 10:23 Other mss add for me
  3. 10:26 Ps 24:1
  4. 10:28 Other mss add “For the earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it.”

Freedom in Christ

23 All things are permitted, but not all things are profitable. All things are permitted, but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good[a] but the good of the other. 25 Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions[b] for the sake of the conscience, 26 for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”[c] 27 If any of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, asking no questions[d] for the sake of the conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This is offered to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and the conscience. 29 Now I am not speaking about your own conscience, but the conscience of the other person. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:24 Literally “the - of himself”; “good” is implied
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:25 Literally “questioning nothing”
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:26 A quotation from Ps 24:1, and an allusion to Ps 50:12; 89:11
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:27 Literally “questioning nothing”