19 What am I saying then—that an idol sacrifice is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 No, I’m saying that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God, and I don’t want you to become partners with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
23 “Everything is permitted”—but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permitted”—but not everything builds up.
24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, without raising questions of conscience.