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"Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive.

"I have the right to do anything," you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but not everything is constructive.

Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

for, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it."

for, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it."

If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.

If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.

But if anyone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake —

But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.

the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?

I am referring to the other person's conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience?

If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?

If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?