Moffatt(i)
8 Now mere food will not bring us any nearer to God; if we abstain we do not lose anything, and if we eat we do not gain anything.
9 But see that the exercise of your right does not prove any stumbling-block to the weak.
10 Suppose anyone sees you, a person of enlightened mind, reclining at meat inside an idol's temple; will that really 'fortify his weak conscience'? Will it not embolden him to violate his scruples of conscience by eating food that has been offered to idols?
11 He is ruined, this weak man, ruined by your 'enlightened mind,' this brother for whose sake Christ died!
12 By sinning against the brotherhood in this way and wounding their weaker consciences, you are sinning against Christ.
13 Therefore if food is any hindrance to my brother's welfare, sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!