Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols

Today I read I Corinthians 8:1-13.  It is essentially Paul telling some of the Christians in Corinth to not eat food sacrificed to idols if doing so will harm people who are young in the faith.  It's a great passage, and there are several parts that I want to highlight today:

1. Knowledge puffs up; but love builds up (8:1b) - Some of us, me included, like to learn, and like to share that knowledge.  Sometimes knowledge puffs up our ego - so that in our mind, we are saying, "I know more than you do, and therefore, I am better."  There is no love in that.  Love builds up. Amen.
2. Verse 9 says: "But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak."  Our freedom - our liberty - should come second in our minds when we are considering the welfare of others. A simple example: As parents of young people, we were free to have alcohol in the house and to drink when we wanted to, but we chose to not do that. We didn't want drinking alcohol to be an example to our kids - something that looked cool and grown up.  Now that they are adults, and have a healthy relationship to alcohol, we don't have that worry.
3. Verse 13: "Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall." What is our priority? Our freedom? Our desire to show off our knowledge? Or the welfare of those around us?  It is more loving, it is more edifying for others, if our priorty is other people's welfare ahead of our own.

It's a helpful passage to read.