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1 Corinthians 8

1ButconcerningΠερὶPeriG4012thingsG3956sacrificedtoidols,weknow, (forweallhaveknowledgeγνῶσινgnōsinG1108:knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsisG1108puffsup,butloveἀγάπηagapēG26edifiesG3618.

2IfanyoneG5100thinkδοκεῖdokeiG1380heknowsG1097anythingG5100,heknowsG1097nothingyetοὔπωoupōG3768asheoughtG1163toknowG1097[it].

3ButifanyoneG5100loveG25Godθεόν,theonG2316,heisknownG1097ofhim):

4—concerningΠερὶPeriG4012thentheeatingβρώσεωςbrōseōsG1035ofthingssacrificedtoidolsεἴδωλονeidōlonG1497,weknowthatanidolG1497[is]nothingin[the]worldκόσμῳkosmōG2889,andthatthere[is]nootherGodθεὸςtheosG2316saveoneεἷς.heisG1520.

5ForandifindeedthereareG1510[those]calledgodsθεοὶtheoiG2316,whetherinheavenοὐρανῷouranōG3772oronearthγῆς,gēsG1093, (asthereareG1510godsθεοὶtheoiG2316manyπολλοὶpolloiG4183,andlordsG2962manyπολλοί·polloiG4183,)

6yettous[thereis]oneεἷςheisG1520GodθεὸςtheosG2316,theFatherπατὴρpatērG3962,ofwhomallthingsG3956,andweforhim;andoneεἷςheisG1520LordκύριοςkuriosG2962,JesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424ChristΧριστὸςChristosG5547,bywhom[are]allthingsG3956,andwebyhim.

7Butknowledgeγνῶσις·gnōsisG1108[isG1510]notinall:butsome,withconscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsisG4893oftheidolεἰδώλουeidōlouG1497,untilnowδὲdeG1161eatἐσθίουσιν,esthiousinG2068asofathingsacrificedtoidolsG1497;andtheirconscienceG4893,beingοὖσαousaG1510weakἀσθενὴςasthenēsG772,isG1510defiled.

8ButmeatdoesnotcommendustoGodθεῷ·theōG2316;neitherifweshouldnoteatG2068dowecomeshortὑστερούμεθα,husteroumethaG5302;norifweshouldeatG2068haveweanadvantage.

9ButseeG991lestμήmēG3361anywisethisyourrightἐξουσίαexousiaG1849[toeat] itselfbeastumbling-blocktotheweakἀσθενέσιν.asthenesinG772.

10ForifanyoneG5100seeG3708thee,whohastknowledgeγνῶσινgnōsinG1108,sittingattableinanidol-house, shallnothisconscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsisG4893,hebeingὄντοςontosG1510weakἀσθενοῦςasthenousG772,beG1510emboldenedtoeatἐσθίειν;esthieinG2068thethingssacrificedtotheidol?

11andtheweakἀσθενῶνasthenōnG770[oneG3739],thebrotherἀδελφὸςadelphosG80forwhosesakeG1223ChristΧριστὸςChristosG5547diedG599,willperishG622throughthyknowledgeγνώσει,gnōseiG1108.

12NowG1161,thusοὕτωςhoutōsG3779sinningἁμαρτάνοντεςhamartanontesG264againstthebrethren,andwoundingtheirweakἀσθενοῦσαν,asthenousanG770conscienceσυνείδησινsuneidēsinG4893, yesinἁμαρτάνετε.hamartaneteG264againstChristΧριστὸνChristonG5547.

13WhereforeifmeatκρέαkreaG2907beafall-traptomybrotherἀδελφόνadelphonG80,IwilleatG2068nofleshforever,thatImaynotbeafall-traptomybrotherἀδελφόνadelphonG80.

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