1 Corinthians 10:13-33

¹³No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

¹⁴Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. ¹⁵I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say. ¹⁶Is the cup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ? ¹⁷Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. ¹⁸Look at the people of Israel; are those who eat the sacrifices not partners in the altar? ¹⁹What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? ²⁰No, but I say that things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons. ²¹You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. ²²Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

²³All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things build people up. ²⁴No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor. ²⁵Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; ²⁶for the earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains. ²⁷If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. ²⁸But 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 why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? ³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered about that for which I give thanks?

³¹Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. ³²Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or the church of God; ³³just as I also please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, so that they may be saved.