1 Corinthians 8:7-13

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7 However, not all men ^ahave this knowledge; but ^bsome, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But ^afood will not ¹commend us to God. We neither lack if we do not eat, nor abound if we do eat. 9 But ^asee to it that this ¹authority of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the ^bweak. 10 For if someone sees you, who have ^aknowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat ^bthings sacrificed to idols? 11 For through ^ayour knowledge he who is weak ^bis ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 12 ^aAnd in that way, by sinning against the brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin ^bagainst Christ. 13 Therefore, ^aif food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again—ever, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.