20 No! What I am saying is that what is sacrificed on pagan altars is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be partners with demons.
21 You cannot drink from the Lord's cup and also from the cup of demons; you cannot eat at the Lord's table and also at the table of demons.
22 Or do we want to make the Lord jealous? Do we think that we are stronger than he?
23 “We are allowed to do anything,” so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. “We are allowed to do anything” — but not everything is helpful.
24 None of you should be looking to your own interests, but to the interests of others.
25 You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.
26 For, as the scripture says, “The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord.”