Προς Κορινθιους Α΄ 8
1 Περὶ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἴδαμεν ὅτι πάντες γνῶσιν ἔχομεν. ἡ γνῶσις φυσιοῖ, ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη οἰκοδομεῖ.
And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love builds up;
2 εἴ (δέ *k*) τις δοκεῖ (ἐγνωκέναι *N(k)O*) τι, (οὔπω *N(k)O*) (οὐδὲν *k*) (ἔγνω *N(k)O*) καθὼς δεῖ γνῶναι·
and if anyone thinks to know anything, he has not yet known anything according as it is required to know;
3 εἰ δέ τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν θεόν, οὗτος ἔγνωσται ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.
and if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him.
4 Περὶ τῆς βρώσεως οὖν τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἴδωλον ἐν κόσμῳ καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς θεὸς (ἕτερος *k*) εἰ μὴ εἷς.
Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;
5 καὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἴπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ (τῆς *k*) γῆς, ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κύριοι πολλοί·
for even if there are those called gods, whether in Heaven, whether on earth—as there are many gods and many lords—
6 ἀλλ᾽ ἡμῖν εἷς θεὸς ὁ πατὴρ ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς αὐτόν, καὶ εἷς κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς δι᾽ οὗ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἡμεῖς δι᾽ αὐτοῦ.
yet to us [is] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all things, and we through Him;
7 ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐν πᾶσιν ἡ γνῶσις· τινὲς δὲ τῇ (συνηθείᾳ *N(K)O*) ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλου ὡς εἰδωλόθυτον ἐσθίουσιν, καὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτῶν ἀσθενὴς οὖσα μολύνεται.
but not in all men [is] the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, until now, eat [it] as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ (παραστήσει *N(k)O*) τῷ θεῷ· οὔτε (γὰρ *ko*) ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν ὑστερούμεθα, οὔτε ἐὰν φάγωμεν (περισσεύομεν. *NK(o)*)
But food does not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;
9 βλέπετε δὲ μή πως ἡ ἐξουσία ὑμῶν αὕτη πρόσκομμα γένηται τοῖς (ἀσθενέσιν. *N(k)O*)
but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the weak,
10 ἐὰν γάρ τις ἴδῃ σὲ τὸν ἔχοντα γνῶσιν ἐν εἰδωλείῳ κατακείμενον, οὐχὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτοῦ ἀσθενοῦς ὄντος οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τὸ τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν;
for if anyone may see you that have knowledge in an idol’s temple reclining to eat, will not his conscience—he being weak—be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols?
11 (ἀπόλλυται *N(K)O*) (γὰρ *N(k)O*) ὁ ἀσθενῶν (ἐν *N(k)O*) τῇ σῇ γνώσει, (ὁ *no*) ἀδελφὸς δι᾽ ὃν Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.
For the [one] being weak—the brother for whom Christ died—will perish by your knowledge.
12 οὕτως δὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τύπτοντες αὐτῶν τὴν συνείδησιν ἀσθενοῦσαν, εἰς Χριστὸν ἁμαρτάνετε.
And thus sinning in regard to the brothers, and striking their weak conscience—you sin in regard to Christ;
