1 Corinthians 8
1 Now concerning the things offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth;
De iis autem quæ idolis sacrificantur, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientia inflat, caritas vero ædificat.
2 if any one think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know;
Si quis autem se existimat scire aliquid, nondum cognovit quemadmodum oporteat eum scire.
3 but if any one love God, the same is known by Him.
Si quis autem diligit Deum, hic cognitus est ab eo.
4 Concerning the eating of the things offered in sacrifice to idols, then, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
De escis autem quæ idolis immolantur, scimus quia nihil est idolum in mundo, et quod nullus est Deus, nisi unus.
5 For though there are those that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;
Nam etsi sunt qui dicantur dii sive in cælo, sive in terra (siquidem sunt dii multi, et domini multi):
6 yet to us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we to him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
nobis tamen unus est Deus, Pater, ex quo omnia, et nos in illum: et unus Dominus Jesus Christus, per quem omnia, et nos per ipsum.
7 But there is not in all men this knowledge; for some, with a conscience directed toward the idol even now, eat of it as a thing offered in sacrifice to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
Sed non in omnibus est scientia. Quidam autem cum conscientia usque nunc idoli, quasi idolothytum manducant: et conscientia ipsorum cum sit infirma, polluitur.
8 But food will not recommend us to God; if we do not eat, we are not the worse; nor if we do eat, are we the better.
Esca autem nos non commendat Deo. Neque enim si manducaverimus, abundabimus: neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus.
9 But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
Videte autem ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.
10 For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat the things offered to idols?
Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habet scientiam, in idolio recumbentem: nonne conscientia ejus, cum sit infirma, ædificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta?
11 For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, —the brother for whom Christ died!
Et peribit infirmus in tua scientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est?
12 But when ye so sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
Sic autem peccantes in fratres, et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.
