27 If any of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions for the sake of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it,(A) out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.[a] 29 I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged(B) by another person’s conscience?

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Footnotes

  1. 10:28 Other mss add “For the earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it.”

27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you(A) without raising questions of conscience. 28 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.(B) 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom(C) being judged by another’s conscience?

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