<p>10:27 <em>If one of them that do not believe invites you to a feast and you are inclined to go- </em>&quot;To a feast&quot; is an insertion; the invitation could likely have been to a meal at home.</p><p><em>Whatever is set before you eat- </em>This echoes the Lord&rsquo;s words: &ldquo;Eat whatever is set before you&rdquo; (Lk. 10:8 RSV). It could be that there is no semantic connection between the two passages; so perhaps this is purely an unconscious allusion to the Lord whose words were ever in Paul&rsquo;s mind. Or it could be that Paul saw accepting an invitation by an unbeliever as an opportunity to preach, to do missionary work just as valuable as that done by the apostles who were sent forth to preach. In this case, Paul's point was: 'You're all preachers, just like those seventy specially commissioned preachers, and in your everyday contact with the world, you too have a special commission to preach as they did'.</p><p><em>Asking no question for conscience sake</em>- See on :25.</p><p>1 Cor. 10:25-27 and Rom. 14 give the impression that Paul either ignored or severely modified the prohibitions agreed upon in Acts 15, especially in relation to eating food offered to idols and blood (unless the Acts 15 decrees were only relevant to &quot;Antioch, Syria and Cilicia&quot;). Perhaps with later reflection he realized he had compromised too far; or, more likely, he re-interpreted the decrees and sought to keep the spirit of them, which was that there should be unity between Jewish and Gentile believers.&nbsp;We too may make an agreement and then realize we were mistaken, and it is humility rather than fickleness which should motivate us to act otherwise. Too many are trapped by pride in previously agreed to positions which they later realize were unwise or not Biblical.</p>