Bible Verses About Expediency: General references

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean--to that one it is unclean;

and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

for he who in these things is serving the Christ, is acceptable to God and approved of men.

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

Right it is not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

Thou hast faith! to thyself have it before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat--shall not his conscience--he being infirm--be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,

and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?

and thus sinning in regard to the brethren, and smiting their weak conscience--in regard to Christ ye sin;

wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh--to the age--that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

to those without law, as without law--(not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) --that I might gain those without law;

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

let no one seek his own--but each another's.

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

for the Lord's is the earth, and its fulness;

and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the conscience;