23. “We are allowed to do anything,” so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. “We are allowed to do anything” — but not everything is helpful.
24. None of you should be looking to your own interests, but to the interests of others.
25. You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.
26. For, as the scripture says, “The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord.”
27. If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat what is set before you, without asking any questions because of your conscience.
28. But if someone says to you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat that food, for the sake of the one who told you and for conscience' sake —