All is permitted me, but not all do profit. All is permitted me, but not all build up.
And if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your food ruin the one for whom Messiah died.
So also you, since you are ardent for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in the upbuilding of the assembly.
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not built up.
What then is it, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all be done for upbuilding.
All is permitted me, but not all do profit. All is permitted me, but I shall not be under authority of any.
And concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
But look to it, lest somehow this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
Again, do you think that we defend ourselves to you? We speak before Elohim in Messiah. But all this, beloved, is for your upbuilding.
Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for the use of building up, so as to impart what is pleasant to the hearers.
Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, as indeed you do.
nor to pay attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than an administration of Elohim which is in belief.