1 Korintierne 8
1 Men vedkommende avgudsofferne, da vet vi at vi alle har kunnskap. Kunnskapen opblåser, men kjærligheten opbygger;
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 om nogen tykkes sig å kjenne noget, han har aldri kjent noget således som en bør kjenne det;
If someone thinks that they know anything, they have not yet reached that knowledge which they ought to have reached.
3 men om nogen elsker Gud, han er kjent av ham.
On the other hand, if a person loves God, they are known by God.
4 Hvad nu det vedkommer å ete av avguds-offerne, da vet vi at ingen avgud i verden er til, og at det er ingen Gud uten én.
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 For om det også er såkalte guder, enten i himmelen eller på jorden - som det jo er mange guder og mange herrer -
Even supposing that there are so-called “gods” either in heaven or on earth – and there are many such “gods” and “lords” –
6 så er det dog for oss bare én Gud, Faderen, av hvem alt er, og vi til ham, og én Herre, Jesus Kristus, ved hvem alt er, og vi ved ham.
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 Dog, den kunnskap er ikke hos alle; men somme gjør sig ennu samvittighet for avgudens skyld og eter det derfor som avguds-offer, og deres samvittighet, som er skrøpelig, blir uren.
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 Men mat gir oss jo ikke verd for Gud; hverken vinner vi noget om vi eter, eller taper noget om vi ikke eter.
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 Men se til at ikke denne eders frihet blir til anstøt for de skrøpelige!
But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.
10 For dersom nogen ser dig som har kunnskap, sitte til bords i avgudshuset, vil da ikke samvittigheten hos ham som er skrøpelig, få dristighet til å ete avgudsofferet?
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 da går jo den skrøpelige fortapt for din kunnskaps skyld, den bror for hvem Kristus er død!
And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak person is ruined – someone for whose sake Christ died!
12 Men når I således synder mot eders brødre og sårer deres skrøpelige samvittighet, da synder I mot Kristus.
In this way, by sinning against your fellow followers of the Lord and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ.
