“’Everything is permissible for me’—but not everything is beneficial” (1 Corinthians 6:12). Question 1: Is it helpful—physically, spiritually, and mentally?
“’Everything is permissible for me’—but I will not be mastered by anything” (1 Corinthians 6:12). Question 2: Does it bring me under its power?
“Therefore, if whatever I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again so that I will not cause him to fall” (1 Corinthians 8:13). Question 3: Does it hurt others?
“So whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). Question 4: Does it glorify God? ~cited by Jerry Bridges, Pursuit of Holiness