1 Corinthians 8
1 And as touching things sacrificed vnto idols, wee knowe that wee all haue knowledge: knowledge puffeth vp, but loue edifieth.
Now, with respect to meats offered to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up with pride, but love edifies.
2 Nowe, if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as hee ought to knowe.
If any one thinks that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet, as he ought to know it:
3 But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him.
but if any one loves God, he is taught by him).
4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed vnto idoles, we knowe that an idole is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.
With respect, then, to the eating of meats offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
5 For though there bee that are called gods, whether in heauen, or in earth (as there be many gods, and many lords)
For though there are those which are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are many gods, and many lords, )
6 Yet vnto vs there is but one God, which is that Father, of whome are all things, and we in him: and one Lord Iesus Christ, by whome are all things, and we by him.
yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 But euery man hath not that knowledge: for many hauing conscience of the idole, vntill this houre, eate as a thing sacrificed vnto the idole, and so their conscience being weake, is defiled.
But all have not this knowledge; for some, under the persuasion that an idol is a reality, even yet eat meat, as if it were offered to an idol, and their conscience being weak, is defiled.
8 But meate maketh not vs acceptable to God, for neither if we eate, haue we the more: neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse.
But meat commends us not to God; for, neither if we eat are we better, nor, if we eat not, are we worse.
9 But take heede lest by any meanes this power of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake.
But take heed, lest, by any means, this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at table in the idoles temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those things which are sacrificed to idoles?
For, if any one see you, who have knowledge, reclining at table in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened, so that he will eat meats offered to idols?
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weake brother perish, for whome Christ died.
and will not the weak brother, for whom Christ died, perish through your knowledge?
12 Nowe when ye sinne so against the brethren, and wound their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christ.
But if you sin in this way against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
