The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
CO1 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a
stumbling block to them that are weak.
CO1 8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in
the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be
emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
CO1 8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for
whom Christ died?
CO1 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ.
CO1 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no
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