BrianT said:
Where does it say no one can see you, or drink only at home?
It doesn't. In fact, 1 Cor. 8:10 assumes that at least sometimes, the meat sacrificed to idols might in fact be consumed right in the pagan temple.
Paul has an opportunity here to say "Buy your meat discreetly and take it home and eat it in private," but he doesn't. He says only to "beware" (not to "abstain") lest a weaker brother be caused to sin by your liberty. In other words, practice discretion but not necessarily in private.
Where does it say no one can see you, or drink only at home?
It doesn't. In fact, 1 Cor. 8:10 assumes that at least sometimes, the meat sacrificed to idols might in fact be consumed right in the pagan temple.
Paul has an opportunity here to say "Buy your meat discreetly and take it home and eat it in private," but he doesn't. He says only to "beware" (not to "abstain") lest a weaker brother be caused to sin by your liberty. In other words, practice discretion but not necessarily in private.