1 Corinthians 8
1 To speake of thinges dedicate vnto ydols we are sure that we all have knowledge. knowledge maketh a man swell: bnt love edifieth.
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 If eny man thinke that he knoweth eny thinge he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe.
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 But yf eny man love god the same is knowen of him.
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 To speake of meate dedicat vnto ydols we are sure that ther is none ydoll in the worlde and that ther is none other god but one.
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
5 And though ther be yt are called goddes whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes many and lordes many)
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many, )
6 yet vnto vs is there but one god which is the father of whom are all thinges and we in him: and one lorde Iesus Christ by whom are all thinges and we by him.
But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.
7 But every man hath not knowledge. For some suppose that ther is an ydoll vntyll this houre and eate as of a thinge offered vnto ye ydole and so their consciences beynge yet weake are defyled.
Howbeit [there is] not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat [it] as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 Meate maketh vs not acceptable to god. Nether yf we eate are we ye better. Nether yf we eate not are we the worsse.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9 But take hede that youre libertie cause not ye weake to faule.
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10 For yf some man se ye which hast knowledge sit at meate in the ydoles teple shall not the conscience of hym which is weake be boldened to eate those thinges which are offered vnto ye ydole?
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11 And so thorow thy knowledge shall ye weake brother perisshe for whom christ dyed.
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12 Whe ye synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake consciences ye synne agaynst Christ.
But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
