New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 8:1-7

1NowG1161 concerningG4012 1thingsG1494 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494, we knowG3609 that we allG3956 haveG2192 2knowledgeG1108. KnowledgeG1108 3 4makesG5448 arrogantG5448, but loveG26 5edifiesG3618. 2 6IfG1487 anyoneG5100 supposesG1380 that he knowsG1097 anythingG5100, he has not yetG3768 7knownG1097 as he oughtG1163 to knowG1097; 3but ifG1487 anyoneG5100 lovesG25 GodG2316, he 8is knownG1097 by Him.

4ThereforeG3767 concerningG4012 the eatingG1035 of 9thingsG1494 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494, we knowG3609 that 10there is 11noG3762 such thingG3762 as an idolG1497 in the worldG2889, and that 12there is noG3762 GodG2316 but oneG1520. 5For evenG2532 ifG1512 13there are so-calledG3004 godsG2316 whetherG1535 in heavenG3772 orG1535 on earthG1093, as indeedG5618 there are manyG4183 godsG2316 and manyG4183 lordsG2962, 6yetG235 for us 14there is but oneG1520 GodG2316, 15the FatherG3962, 16from whomG3739 are allG3956 thingsG3956 and we exist for Him; and 17oneG1520 LordG2962, JesusG2424 ChristG5547, 18by whomG3739 are allG3956 thingsG3956, and we exist throughG1223 Him.

7HoweverG235 not allG3956 menG3956 19have thisG3588 knowledgeG1108; but 20someG5100, being accustomedG4914 to the idolG1497 untilG2193 nowG737, eatG2068 food as ifG5613 it were sacrificedG1494 to an idolG1494; and their conscienceG4893 beingG1510 weakG772 is defiledG3435.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:4, 7, 10 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Rom 15:14; 1 Cor 8:7, 10; 10:15 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Lit puffs up ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 8:1 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Rom 14:19 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 8:2 1 Cor 3:18 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 8:2 1 Cor 13:8-12; 1 Tim 6:4 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 8:3 Ps 1:6; Jer 1:5; Amos 3:2; Rom 8:29; 11:2; Gal 4:9 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:1, 7, 10 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Lit nothing is an idol in the world; i.e. an idol has no real existence ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 14:15; 1 Cor 10:19; Gal 4:8 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; 1 Cor 8:6 ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 8:5 2 Thess 2:4 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; Is 46:9; Jer 10:6, 7; 1 Cor 8:4 ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Mal 2:10; Eph 4:6 ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 13:13; 1 Cor 1:2; Eph 4:5; 1 Tim 2:5 ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 1:3; Col 1:16 ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 8:7 1 Cor 8:4ff ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 8:7 Rom 14:14, 22f ↩