For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
1 Corinthians 10:30
King James Version (public domain)
Traditionally attributed to Paul · 1st century AD · Thirteen epistles of the New Testament are traditionally attributed to him
Context
28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: