27. Those who are not believers may invite you to eat with them. If you want to go, eat anything that is put before you. Do not ask questions about it.
28. But if anyone says to you, “That food was offered to idols,” do not eat it. Do not eat it because of that person who told you and because eating it might be thought to be wrong.
29. I don’t mean you think it is wrong, but the other person might. But why, you ask, should my freedom be judged by someone else’s conscience?
30. If I eat the meal with thankfulness, why am I criticized because of something for which I thank God?
31. The answer is, if you eat or drink, or if you do anything, do it all for the glory of God.
32. Never do anything that might hurt others—Jews, Greeks, or God’s church—