1 Corinthians 8
1 Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.
de his autem quae idolis sacrificantur scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus scientia inflat caritas vero aedificat
2 If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
si quis se existimat scire aliquid nondum cognovit quemadmodum oporteat eum scire
3 but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.
si quis autem diligit Deum hic cognitus est ab eo
4 As to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols, we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.
de escis autem quae idolis immolantur scimus quia nihil est idolum in mundo et quod nullus Deus nisi unus
5 For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--
nam et si sunt qui dicantur dii sive in caelo sive in terra siquidem sunt dii multi et domini multi
6 yet we have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.
nobis tamen unus Deus Pater ex quo omnia et nos in illum et unus Dominus Iesus Christus per quem omnia et nos per ipsum
7 But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.
sed non in omnibus est scientia quidam autem conscientia usque nunc idoli quasi idolothytum manducant et conscientia ipsorum cum sit infirma polluitur
8 It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.
esca autem nos non commendat Deo neque si non manducaverimus deficiemus neque si manducaverimus abundabimus
9 But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.
videte autem ne forte haec licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmibus
10 For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer) be emboldened to eat the food which has been sacrificed to the idol?
si enim quis viderit eum qui habet scientiam in idolio recumbentem nonne conscientia eius cum sit infirma aedificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta
11 Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!
et peribit infirmus in tua scientia frater propter quem Christus mortuus est
12 Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.
sic autem peccantes in fratres et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam in Christo peccatis
