Study Desk

All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things build people up.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor.

Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience;

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

FOR THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND ALL IT CONTAINS.

For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience.

If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

But if anyone says to you, "This is meat sacrificed to idols," do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience.

But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

Now by "conscience" I do not mean your own, but the other person's; for why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?

Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered about that for which I give thanks?

For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?