1 Corinthians 10:23-30

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Do All to the Glory of God

²³“All things are permitted,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are permitted,” but not all things build up. ²⁴Do not seek your own advantage but that of the other.^(A) ²⁵Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience, ²⁶for “the earth and its fullness are the Lord’s.”^(B) ²⁷If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. ²⁸But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who informed you and for the sake of conscience— ²⁹I mean the other’s conscience, not your own. For why should my freedom be subject to the judgment of someone else’s conscience?^(C) ³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of that for which I give thanks?^(D)

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1 Corinthians 10:23-30

New American Standard Bible

²³^(A)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things ^[a]^(B)build people up. ²⁴No one is to ^(C)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his ^[b]neighbor. ²⁵^(D)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; ²⁶^(E)for the earth is the Lord’s, and ^[c]all it contains. ²⁷If ^(F)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, ^(G)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. ²⁸But ^(H)if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience; ²⁹Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for ^(I)why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? ³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, ^(J)why am I slandered about that for which I ^(K)give thanks?