For why should my liberty be subject to the judgment of someone else’s conscience?

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
1 Corinthians 10:29 [NRSV (1989)]
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On not eating food which someone else considers religiously wrong to eat. Alternate translations:

For why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
[KJV (1611)]

Why should my freedom depend on somebody else’s conscience?
[Jerusalem (1966)]

“Well, then,” someone asks, “why should my freedom to act be limited by another person's conscience?
[GNT (1976)]


 
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