7. But not everybody knows this. Some are eating this food as though it really is food sacrificed to a real idol, because they were used to idol worship until now. Their conscience is weak because it has been damaged.
8. Food won’t bring us close to God. We’re not missing out if we don’t eat, and we don’t have any advantage if we do eat.
9. But watch out or else this freedom of yours might be a problem for those who are weak.
10. Suppose someone sees you (the person who has knowledge) eating in an idol’s temple. Won’t the person with a weak conscience be encouraged to eat the meat sacrificed to false gods?
11. The weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed by your knowledge.