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1 Corinthians 8:7-13

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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