When I am with people whose faith is weak, I live as they do to win them. I do everything I can to win everyone I possibly can.
I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved.
Welcome all the Lord's followers, even those whose faith is weak. Don't criticize them for having beliefs that are different from yours.
Some think it is all right to eat anything, while those whose faith is weak will eat only vegetables.
If our faith is strong, we should be patient with the Lord's followers whose faith is weak. We should try to please them instead of ourselves.
We should think of their good and try to help them by doing what pleases them.
I always try to please others instead of myself, in the hope that many of them will be saved.
And besides, how do you know if you will be able to save your husband or wife who isn't a follower?
So if I hurt one of the Lord's followers by what I eat, I will never eat meat as long as I live.
I am not anyone's slave. But I have become a slave to everyone, so that I can win as many people as possible.
I do all this for the good news, because I want to share in its blessings.
When others are weak, I am weak too. When others are tricked into sin, I get angry.
My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself.