All to the Glory of God

²³ Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up. ²⁴ No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor’s.

²⁵ Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it on the grounds of conscience, ²⁶ for “the earth and everything in it belong to the Lord.”^{[a] 27} If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, raising no question on the grounds of conscience. ²⁸ However, if someone says to you, “This was offered as a sacrifice,” don’t eat it, both out of consideration for the one who told you and also for the sake of conscience. ²⁹ I mean, of course, his conscience, not yours. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience? ³⁰ If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for?