1 Corinthians 8
1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Περὶ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἴδαμεν ὅτι πάντες γνῶσιν ἔχομεν. Ἡ γνῶσις φυσιοῖ, ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη οἰκοδομεῖ.
2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
Εἴ τις δοκεῖ ἐγνωκέναι τι, οὔπω ἔγνω καθὼς δεῖ γνῶναι.
3 But the one who loves God is known by God.
Εἰ δέ τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν ˚Θεόν, οὗτος ἔγνωσται ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.
4 So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Περὶ τῆς βρώσεως οὖν τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἴδωλον ἐν κόσμῳ, καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς ˚Θεὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς.
5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
Καὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ, εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ γῆς, ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κύριοι πολλοί,
6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
ἀλλʼ ἡμῖν εἷς ˚Θεὸς ὁ Πατήρ, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς αὐτόν, καὶ εἷς ˚Κύριος, ˚Ἰησοῦς ˚Χριστός, διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἡμεῖς διʼ αὐτοῦ.
7 But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
Ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐν πᾶσιν ἡ γνῶσις· τινὲς δὲ τῇ συνηθείᾳ ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλου, ὡς εἰδωλόθυτον ἐσθίουσιν, καὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτῶν ἀσθενὴς οὖσα, μολύνεται.
8 But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
Βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ παραστήσει τῷ ˚Θεῷ· οὔτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν, περισσεύομεν, οὔτε ἐὰν φάγωμεν, ὑστερούμεθα.
9 Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Βλέπετε δὲ μή πως ἡ ἐξουσία ὑμῶν αὕτη, πρόσκομμα γένηται τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν.
10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
Ἐὰν γάρ τις ἴδῃ σε τὸν ἔχοντα γνῶσιν ἐν εἰδωλείῳ κατακείμενον, οὐχὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτοῦ ἀσθενοῦς ὄντος, οἰκοδομηθήσεται, εἰς τὸ τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν;
11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
Ἀπόλλυται γὰρ ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἐν τῇ σῇ γνώσει, ὁ ἀδελφὸς, διʼ ὃν ˚Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.
12 By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
Οὕτως δὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς, καὶ τύπτοντες αὐτῶν τὴν συνείδησιν ἀσθενοῦσαν, εἰς ˚Χριστὸν ἁμαρτάνετε.
