And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

With respect, then, to the eating of meats offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

But all have not this knowledge; for some, under the persuasion that an idol is a reality, even yet eat meat, as if it were offered to an idol, and their conscience being weak, is defiled.

For, if any one see you, who have knowledge, reclining at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened, so that he will eat meats offered to idols?

What, then, do I say? That an idol is any thing? or, that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing?