Moffatt(i)
18 Look at the rites of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 Do I imply, you ask, that 'food offered to an idol has any meaning, or that an idol itself means any thing'?
20 No, what I imply is that anything people sacrifice is sacrificed to daemons, not to God. And I do not want you to participate in daemons!
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of daemons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and also of the table of daemons.
22 What! do we intend to rouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?
23 'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are good for us. 'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are edifying.
24 Each of us must consult his neighbour's interests, not his own.
25 Eat any food that has been sold in the market, instead of letting scruples of conscience oblige you to ask any questions about it;
26 the earth and all its contents belong to the Lord.
27 When an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you agree to go, eat whatever is put before you, instead of letting scruples of conscience induce you to ask any questions about it.
28 But if someone tells you, 'This was sacrificial meat,' then do not eat it; you must consider the man who told you, and also take conscience into account —
29 his conscience, I mean, not your own; for why should one's own freedom be called in question by someone else's conscience?
30 If one partakes of food after saying a blessing over it, why should one be denounced for eating what one has given thanks to God for?
31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, let it be all done for the glory of God.