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1 Corinthians 8

New American Standard Bible 2020

Take Care with Your Liberty

1NowG1161 concerningG4012 1foodG1494 sacrificedG1494 toG1494 idolsG1494, we knowG3609 that we allG3956 haveG2192 2knowledgeG1108. KnowledgeG1108 34makesG5448 one conceitedG5448, but loveG26 5edifiesG3618 people. 26IfG1487 anyoneG5100 thinksG1380 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 9foodG1494 sacrificedG1494 toG1494 idolsG1494, we knowG3609 that an 10idolG1497 is 11nothingG3762 atG3762 allG3762 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 only 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 peopleG3956 19have thisG3588 knowledgeG1108; but 20someG5100, being accustomedG4914 to the idolG1497 untilG2193 nowG737, eatG2068 food as ifG5613 it were sacrificedG1494 toG1494 anG1494 idolG1494; and their conscienceG4893, beingG1510 weakG772, is defiledG3435. 8NowG1161 21foodG1033 will not bringG3936 us 22closeG3936 to GodG2316; we areG5302 neitherG3777 23the worseG5302 ifG1437 we do not eatG2068, norG3777 24the betterG4052 ifG1437 we do eatG2068. 9But 25takeG991 careG991 that thisG3778 26freedomG1849 of yoursG4771 does not somehowG4458 becomeG1096 a stumblingG4348 blockG4348 to the 27weakG772. 10For ifG1437 someoneG5100 seesG3708 you, the one who hasG2192 28knowledgeG1108, diningG2621 in an idol’sG1493 templeG1493, will his conscienceG4893, if he is weakG772, not be strengthenedG3618 to eatG2068 29thingsG1494 sacrificedG1494 toG1494 idolsG1494? 11For throughG1722 30your knowledgeG1108 the one who is weakG770 31is ruinedG622, the brotherG80 or sister for whoseG3739 sakeG1223 ChristG5547 diedG599. 1232And soG3779, by sinningG264 againstG1519 the brothersG80 and sisters and woundingG5180 their conscienceG4893 when it is weakG770, you sinG264 33againstG1519 ChristG5547. 13ThereforeG1355, 34ifG1487 foodG1033 causesG4624 my brotherG80 toG4624 sinG4624, I will neverG3756G3361 eatG2068 meatG2907 againG165, soG2443 thatG2443 I will not causeG4624 my brotherG80 toG4624 sinG4624.

Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:4, 7, 10 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Rom 15:14; 1 Cor 8:7, 10; 10:15 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Lit puffs up ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 8:1 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Rom 14:19 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 8:2 1 Cor 3:18 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 8:2 1 Cor 13:8-12; 1 Tim 6:4 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 8:3 Ps 1:6; Jer 1:5; Amos 3:2; Rom 8:29; 11:2; Gal 4:9 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:1, 7, 10 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 14:15; 1 Cor 10:19; Gal 4:8 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 8:4 I.e., what it represents does not exist ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; 1 Cor 8:6 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 8:5 2 Thess 2:4 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; Is 46:9; Jer 10:6, 7; 1 Cor 8:4 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Mal 2:10; Eph 4:6 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 13:13; 1 Cor 1:2; Eph 4:5; 1 Tim 2:5 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 1:3; Col 1:16 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 8:7 1 Cor 8:4ff ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 8:7 Rom 14:14, 22f ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Rom 14:17 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Or before God ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit lacking ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit abounding ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 8:9 Rom 14:13, 21; 1 Cor 10:28; Gal 5:13 ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 8:9 Lit right ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 8:9 Rom 14:1; 1 Cor 8:10f ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 8:10 1 Cor 8:4ff ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 8:10 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:1, 4, 7 ↩
  30. 30. 1 Corinthians 8:11 1 Cor 8:4ff ↩
  31. 31. 1 Corinthians 8:11 Rom 14:15, 20 ↩
  32. 32. 1 Corinthians 8:12 Matt 18:6; Rom 14:20 ↩
  33. 33. 1 Corinthians 8:12 Matt 25:45 ↩
  34. 34. 1 Corinthians 8:13 Rom 14:21; 1 Cor 10:32; 2 Cor 6:3; 11:29 ↩

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 8

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