1 Corinthians 10:29, Why Is My Liberty Judged of Another’s Man’s Conscience?
1 Corinthians 10:29 (KJV) 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience? 30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
William MacDonald paraphrased well, “Why should I selfishly display my freedom to eat the meat and in so doing be condemned by the other man’s conscience? Why should I expose my freedom to the condemnation of his conscience? Why should I let my good be evil spoken of?…Is a piece of meat so important that I should cause such an offence to a fellow believer in the Lord Jesus Christ?” Indeed, let not then your good be evil spoken of. Romans 14:16 (KJV)
He seeks to bring the thought across to the Corinthian Christian that any counter-argument does not stand, any thought to ignore the spiritual well-being of a weaker brother or sister in Christ.
May the Lord grant His people spiritual strength to strengthen the hand of the brethren. Amen.