⁷ Do not be ^(A)idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “^(B)The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to ^(C)play.”

¹⁹ What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or ^(A)that an idol is ^[a]anything? ²⁰ No, but I say that things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they ^(B)sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons. ^21 (C)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(D)the table of demons. ²² Or do we ^(E)provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not ^(F)stronger than He, are we?

^23 (G)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things ^[b](H)build people up. ²⁴ No one is to ^(I)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his ^[c]neighbor. ^25 (J)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; ^26 (K)for the earth is the Lord’s, and ^[d]all it contains. ²⁷ If ^(L)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, ^(M)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. ²⁸ But ^(N)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; ²⁹ Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for ^(O)why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? ³⁰ If I partake with thankfulness, ^(P)why am I slandered about that for which I ^(Q)give thanks?

³¹ Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or ^(R)whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. ^32 (S)Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or ^(T)the church of God; ³³ just as I also ^(U)please everyone in all things, ^(V)not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, ^(W)so that they may be saved.

^21 (A)Little children, guard yourselves from ^(B)idols.