1 Corinthians 8
1 But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
And concerning sacrifices to idols, we know, that in all of us there is knowledge; and knowledge inflateth, but love edifieth.
2 If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].
And if any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know it.
3 But if any one love God, he is known of him):
But if any one loveth God, that man is known of him.
4 — concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in [the] world, and that there [is] no other God save one.
As to the eating of the sacrifices of idols, therefore, we know that an idol is nothing in the world; and that there is no other God, but one.
5 For and if indeed there are [those] called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many, )
For although there are what are called gods, whether in heaven, or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many, )
6 yet to us [there is] one God, the Father, of whom all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.
yet to us, on our part, there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, by whom are all things, and we also by him.
7 But knowledge [is] not in all: but some, with conscience of the idol, until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to idols; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
But there is not this knowledge in every man; for there are some, who, to the present time, in their conscience, eat it as an offering to idols; and because their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
8 But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.
But food doth not bring us near to God; for if we eat, we do not abound; and if we eat not, we are not in want.
9 But see lest anywise this your right [to eat] itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.
See to it, however, lest this your authority become a stumbling-block to the weak.
10 For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol?
For if one should see thee in whom there is knowledge, reclining in the temple of idols, will not his conscience, seeing he is a weak person, be encouraged to eat what is sacrificed?
11 and the weak [one], the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.
And by thy knowledge, he who is feeble, and on account of whom the Messiah died, will perish.
12 Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
And if ye thus sin against your brethren, and wound the consciences of the feeble, ye sin against the Messiah.
