1 Corinthians 8:8-13 But eating certain foods will not improve our relationship to God; we are neither any worse off if we do not eat certain things, nor are we any better off if we do eat them.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ But [eating certain] foods will not improve our relationship to God; we are neither any worse off if we do not eat [certain things], nor are we any better off if we do eat them. ⁹ But pay attention [to this], so that somehow this liberty of yours [i.e., to eat whatever you want to] does not become an occasion over which weak people could fall [away from God]. ¹⁰ For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, who have [correct] knowledge [in this matter], eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols? ¹¹ So, this weak brother, for whose sake Christ died, becomes [spiritually] destroyed, [and all] because of your “knowledge” [i.e., you know that such eating is harmless, but your weak brother does not know this, so he is led into sin by your unloving example]. ¹² And in this way, when you sin against the brothers by injuring their weak conscience, you are [actually] sinning against Christ. ¹³ Therefore, if [eating certain] foods causes my brother to fall away [from God], I will never eat meat again, so I do not cause my brother to fall away.