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I. ITS NATURE.

1. Implies freedom of action in things indifferent.

2. Depends on knowledge.

3. Requires conscientious conviction.

II. ITS LIMITS —

1. Defined by a brother's weakness.

2. By love to Christ.

3. By self-sacrificing love.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

WEB: However, that knowledge isn't in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.