20. No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons.
21. You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at the table of demons, too.
22. What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?
23. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial.
24. Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.
25. So you may eat any meat that is sold in the marketplace without raising questions of conscience.
26. For “the earth is the lord’s, and everything in it.”
27. If someone who isn’t a believer asks you home for dinner, accept the invitation if you want to. Eat whatever is offered to you without raising questions of conscience.
28. (But suppose someone tells you, “This meat was offered to an idol.” Don’t eat it, out of consideration for the conscience of the one who told you.
29. It might not be a matter of conscience for you, but it is for the other person.) For why should my freedom be limited by what someone else thinks?