1 Corinthians 10:23-30

Do All to the Glory of God

²³ _m "All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. ²⁴ _n Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. ²⁵ _o Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. ²⁶ For _p "the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof." ²⁷ If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, _q eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. ²⁸ But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience - ²⁹ I do not mean _r your conscience, but his. For _s why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience? ³⁰ If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that _t for which I give thanks?

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 6:12
   All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything.
   1 Corinthians 8:9
   But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 10:33
   Just as I try to please everyone in everything ...
   1 Corinthians 13:5
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   Philippians 2:21
   For they all seek their own interests, not thos...
   1 Corinthians 9:23
   I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I ...
   2 Corinthians 12:14
   Here for the third time I am ready to come to y...
   Romans 15:1
   We who are strong have an obligation to bear wi...
   
3. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 8:7
   However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 24:1
   The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness there...
   Exodus 9:29
   Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out ...
   Exodus 19:5
   Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice...
   Deuteronomy 10:14
   Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and ...
   Job 41:11
   Who has first given to me, that I should repay ...
   Psalms 50:12
   If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the...
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 24:1
   The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
   
6. Cross References
   Luke 10:8
   Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.
   
7. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 8:9 - 12
   But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:19
   For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
   Romans 14:16
   So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.
   
9. Cross References
   Romans 14:6
   The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
   1 Timothy 4:3 - 4
   Who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.