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19 What then? Do I say that what is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? Or that the idol is any thing?
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Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils.
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No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
21 You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord and the chalice of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord and of the table of devils.
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.
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Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me: but all things do not edify.
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“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.
24 Let no man seek his own, but that which is another’s.
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No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat: asking no question for conscience’ sake.
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Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
26 The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof.
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for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
27 If any of them that believe not, invite you, and you be willing to go: eat of any thing that is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake.
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If an 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 any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols: do not eat of it, for his sake that told it and for conscience’ sake.
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But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.
29 Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other’s. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?
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I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
30 If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
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If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
32 Be without offence to the Jew, and to the Gentiles and to the church of God:
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Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God—
33 As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself but to many: that they may be saved.
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even as I try to please everyone 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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