20. No, but what the gentiles offer they offer to demons and not to Elohim, and I do not wish you to become sharers with demons.
21. You are not able to drink the cup of the Master and the cup of demons, you are not able to partake of the table of the Master and of the table of demons.
22. Do we provoke the Master to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
23. All is permitted me, but not all do profit. All is permitted me, but not all build up.
24. Let no one seek his own, but each one that of the other.
25. You eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions because of conscience,
26. for “The earth belongs to יהוה, and all that fills it.”
27. And if any of the unbelievers invite you, and you wish to go, you eat whatever is set before you, asking no question on account of the conscience.
28. And if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it because of the one pointing it out to you, and on account of the conscience, for “The earth belongs to יהוה, and all that fills it.”
29. Now I say conscience, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?
30. But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for what I give thanks?
31. Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the esteem of Elohim.
32. Cause no stumbling, either to the Yehuḏim or to the Greeks or to the assembly of Elohim,
33. as I also please all men in all matters, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they might be saved.