Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, for, 'The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.' — Paul permits participation in ordinary commerce (makellon = meat market) without scrupulosity. The quotation (Ps 24:1) establishes God's sovereignty: all food belongs to the Lord. Philosophical anxiety about idol-contact is overcome by this ownership claim.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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