1 Corinthians 8:9-13
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does
not become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have
this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what
has been sacrificed to idols?
11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed
by your knowledge.
12 When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound
their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into
sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a
slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those
under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the
law), so as to win those under the law.
21 To those not having the law I became like one not having
the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as
to win those not having the law.
22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become
all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel that I may share
in its blessings.
1 Corinthians 10:23-24
23 “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is
beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive.
24 Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising
questions of conscience,
26 for, “The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.”
27 If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to
go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.
28 But if anyone says to you, “This has been offered in
sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and
for conscience’ sake—
29 the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why
should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?
30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I
denounced because of something I thank God for?
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all
for the glory of God.
32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or
the church of God—
33 even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am
not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
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