1 Corinthians 8

1NowG1161 concerningG4012 thingsG3956 sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledgeG1108. KnowledgeG1108 puffeth up, but loveG26 edifieth. 2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anythingG5100, he knoweth not yetG3768 as he oughtG1163 to knowG1097; 3but if any manG3778 loveth GodG2316, the sameG846 is knownG1097 by him. 4ConcerningG4012 thereforeG3767 the eatingG1035 of things sacrificed to idolsG1497, we know that no idolG1497 is anything in the worldG2889, and that there is no GodG2316 but oneG1520. 5For though there beG1510 that areG1510 called godsG2316, whether in heavenG3772 or on earthG1093; as there areG1510 godsG2316 manyG4183, and lordsG2962 manyG4183; 6yet to us there is oneG1520 GodG2316, the FatherG3962, of whom are all thingsG3956, and we unto him; and oneG1520 LordG2962, JesusG2424 ChristG5547, through whom are all thingsG3956, and we through him. 7Howbeit there isG1510 not in all men that knowledgeG1108: but some, beingG1510 used until nowG1161 to the idolG1497, eatG2068 as of a thing sacrificed to an idolG1497; and their conscienceG4893 beingG1510 weakG772 isG1510 defiled. 8But foodG1033 will not commend us to GodG2316: neither, if we eatG2068 not, are we the worse; nor, if we eatG2068, are we the better. 9But take heedG991 lestG3361 by any means this liberty of yours becomeG1096 a stumblingblock to the weakG772. 10For if a man seeG3708 thee who hast knowledgeG1108 sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not his conscienceG4893, if he isG1510 weakG772, beG1510 emboldened to eatG2068 things sacrificed to idols? 11For through thy knowledgeG1108 he that is weakG770 perisheth, the brotherG80 for whose sakeG1223 ChristG5547 diedG599. 12And thusG3779, sinningG264 against the brethren, and wounding their conscienceG4893 when it is weakG770, ye sinG264 against ChristG5547. 13Wherefore, if meatG2907 causeth my brotherG80 to stumbleG4624, I will eatG2068 no flesh for evermore, that I causeG4624 not my brotherG80 to stumbleG4624.