Theophylact of Ohrid, on 1Cor 10:23

“All things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify.”

“Lest someone object: "I eat with a clear conscience and therefore have the right to do so," he says: no, all things are permissible for you, since God created you free; but to eat food sacrificed to idols is not entirely beneficial for you. For by constantly participating in idol feasts, you will gradually develop an attachment to the idols themselves.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.