Verse 29 For why is my liberty judged, &c. This is to show why the duty of abstaining, in such cases, is not on account of one's own conscience, but out of regard to that of, the other, as is stated in the 1 Corinthians 10:28; for, so far as the individual himself is concerned, his conduct, in a moral point of view, depends, in such a case as this, upon his own views of right. This clause and the 1 Corinthians 10:29 show, tool that the scrupulous brother has no right to complain, and condemn the other, even if he does not comply, with his wishes. Thus there is a double safeguard against contention and ill-will. On the one hand, the enlightened are required to yield to the conscientious scruples of the weak; and, on the other, if they do not, the latter are taught that they have no right to insist upon and exact such conformity.