But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
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Interpretation
Eating one kind of food, and abstaining from another, have nothing in them to recommend a person to God. But the apostle cautions against putting a stumbling-block in the way of the weak; lest they be made bold to eat what was offered to the idol, not as common food, but as a sacrifice, and thereby be guilty of idolatry.
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This thought runs through 1 Corinthians 8:7-11.