ISB ~ 1 Corinthians 8 v8

no worse off . . . no better off:Paul is ambivalent toward idol food to the extent that nothing about the food itself is inherently dangerous (10:25). He cautions, however, that although eating idol food is harmless in principle, it can be harmful in practice, because it can lead both the weak (chap. 8) and the strong (chap. 10) into the grip of idolatry (10:14).