⁷But not everyone knows this truth. Some people have been so used to idols that to this day when they eat such food they still think of it as food that belongs to an idol; their conscience is weak, and they feel they are defiled by the food. ⁸Food, however, will not improve our relations with God; we shall not lose anything if we do not eat, nor shall we gain anything if we do eat.

⁹Be careful, however, not to let your freedom of action make those who are weak in the faith fall into sin. ¹⁰Suppose a person whose conscience is weak in this matter sees you, who have so-called “knowledge”, eating in the temple of an idol; will not this encourage him to eat food offered to idols? ¹¹And so this weak person, your brother for whom Christ died, will perish because of your “knowledge”! ¹²And in this way you will be sinning against Christ by sinning against your Christian brothers and sisters and wounding their weak conscience. ¹³So then, if food makes my brother or sister sin, I will never eat meat again, so as not to make my brother or sister fall into sin.

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