1 Corinthians 10:29

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I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Stay away from every form of evil.
  • Rom 14:15-21 : 15 For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people. 19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

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  • 1 Cor 10:23-28
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    23Live to Glorify God“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial.“Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.

    24Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

    25Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

    26for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.

    27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

    28But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
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    7But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

    8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

    9But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

    10For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?

  • 1 Cor 10:30-32
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    30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

  • 1 Cor 8:12-13
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    12If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

    13For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–

  • Rom 14:12-13
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    12Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

    13Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

    4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • Rom 14:10
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    10But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

  • Rom 14:3-5
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    3The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

    4Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

    5One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

  • Rom 14:15-16
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    15For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

    16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

  • 1 Cor 10:19
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    19Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

  • Rom 2:15
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    15They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

  • Rom 14:20-22
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

    22The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

  • Acts 24:16
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    16This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

  • Rom 2:1
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    1The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.

  • Rom 3:7
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    7For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

  • Gal 5:13
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    13Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 1 Pet 2:19
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    19For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12Flee Sexual Immorality“All things are lawful for me”– but not everything is beneficial.“All things are lawful for me”– but I will not be controlled by anything.

  • 1 Cor 5:12
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    12For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

  • 1 Cor 7:6
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    6I say this as a concession, not as a command.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

  • 1 Cor 11:31
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    31But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

  • 1 Cor 9:8
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    8Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.