1 Corinthians 10 · a question people ask
"asking no question for the sake of conscience" (10:25). Whose conscience does the chapter mean?
The chapter says for the sake of conscience in 10:25 and again in 10:27. Of a time when someone says, "This was offered to idols" (10:28), it says, "don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience" (10:28), and then, "Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?" (10:29). The chapter doesn't say more about the conscience of 10:25 and 10:27. These notes don't settle it, and apply these verses to no food or meal today.
The verses
“Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,”
“But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience. But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, with all its fullness.” Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?”