1 Corinthians 8

1 about then the/this/who sacrificed to idols to know that/since: that all knowledge to have/be the/this/who knowledge to inflate the/this/who then love to build

With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols – We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.

2 if (then *k*) one to think (to know *N(k)O*) one (not yet *N(k)O*) (none *k*) (to know *N(k)O*) as/just as be necessary to know

If someone thinks that they know anything, they have not yet reached that knowledge which they ought to have reached.

3 if then one to love the/this/who God this/he/she/it to know by/under: by it/s/he

On the other hand, if a person loves God, they are known by God.

4 about the/this/who eating therefore/then the/this/who sacrificed to idols to know that/since: that none idol in/on/among world and that/since: that none God (other *k*) if: not not one

With reference, then, to eating food that has been offered to idols – we are aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

5 and for if indeed to be to say: call God whether in/on/among heaven whether upon/to/against (the/this/who *k*) earth: planet just as to be God much and lord: master much

Even supposing that there are so-called “gods” either in heaven or on earth – and there are many such “gods” and “lords” –

6 but me one God the/this/who father out from which the/this/who all and me toward it/s/he and one lord: God Jesus Christ through/because of which the/this/who all and me through/because of it/s/he

Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live).

7 but no in/on/among all the/this/who knowledge one then the/this/who (custom *N(K)O*) until now the/this/who idol as/when sacrificed to idols to eat and the/this/who conscience it/s/he weak to be to defile

Still, it is not everyone that has this knowledge. Some people, because of their association with idols, continued down to the present time, eat the food as food offered to an idol; and their consciences, while still weak, are dulled.

8 food then me no (to stand by *N(k)O*) the/this/who God neither (for *ko*) if not to eat to lack neither if to eat (to exceed *NK(o)*)

What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.

9 to see then not how the/this/who authority you this/he/she/it stumbling block to be the/this/who (weak *N(k)O*)

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.

10 if for one to perceive: see you the/this/who to have/be knowledge in/on/among idol's temple to recline not! the/this/who conscience it/s/he weak to be to build toward the/this/who the/this/who sacrificed to idols to eat

For if someone should see you who possess this knowledge, feasting in an idol’s temple, will not their conscience, if they are weak, become so hardened that they, too, will eat food offered to idols?

11 (to destroy *N(K)O*) (for *N(k)O*) the/this/who be weak: weak (in/on/among *N(k)O*) the/this/who you knowledge (the/this/who *no*) brother through/because of which Christ to die

And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak person is ruined – someone for whose sake Christ died!

12 thus(-ly) then to sin toward the/this/who brother and to strike it/s/he the/this/who conscience be weak: weak toward Christ to sin

In this way, by sinning against your fellow followers of the Lord and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ.

13 for if food to cause to stumble the/this/who brother me no not to eat meat toward the/this/who an age: eternity in order that/to not the/this/who brother me to cause to stumble (aiōn g165)

Therefore, if what I eat makes a follower of the Lord fall, rather than make them fall, I will never eat meat again. (aiōn g165)