But remember, it is not everyone who has this 'knowledge.' Some who have hitherto been accustomed to idols eat the food as food which has been really offered to an idol, and so their weaker conscience is contaminated.

By sinning against the brotherhood in this way and wounding their weaker consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

always slow to expose, always eager to believe the best, always hopeful, always patient.

Inanimate instruments, such as the flute or the harp, may give a sound, but if no intervals occur in their music, how can one make out the air that is being played either on flute or on harp?