Saying No To Personal Rights

Paul continues to deal with the matter of gray areas in which God has not pronounced. Paul's principle is that the Christian must always give love priority. When knowledge and liberty cry "Indulge," love will often cry "Abstain." In these verses Paul shows how he himself was practicing the very same principle he urged upon them.
1-Paul's demonstration of the principle
2-Paul's reason for practicing the principle--his passion for the gospel