1 Corinthians 8:8-13
8 Now food will not commend us to God nor bring us close to Him; we are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better if we do eat.
9 Only be careful that this liberty of yours [this power to choose] does not somehow become a stumbling block [that is, a temptation to sin] to the weak [in conscience].
10 For if someone sees you, a person having (a)knowledge, (b)eating in an idol’s temple, then if he is weak, will he not be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols [and violate his own convictions]?
11 For through your knowledge (spiritual maturity) this weak man is ruined [that is, he suffers in his spiritual life], the brother for whom Christ died.
12 And when you sin against the brothers and sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience [by confusing them], you sin against Christ.
13 Therefore, if [my eating a certain] food causes my brother to stumble (sin), I will not eat [such] meat ever again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
Footnotes:
a.
1 Corinthians 8:10: I.e. the knowledge that no harm can come from eating the meat, since in reality the sacrifice is meaningless (see note v 7).
b.
1 Corinthians 8:10: Lit reclining, i.e. the position in which people dined.