Verse 29

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

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.