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ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Now concerning
things
sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth
up, but love edifieth
.
Now about
food
sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs
up, but love builds
up
.
If
any
man
thinketh
that
he
knoweth
anything,
he knoweth
not yet as he ought to know ;
The
one
who
thinks
he knows
something
does
not yet know
as he ought to know .
but if
any
man
loveth
God,
the same
is known by him
.
But the one
who
loves
God
is known by God
.
Concerning
therefore
the
eating of
things
sacrificed to idols ,
we know that no
idol is `anything'
in the world, and that there is no God but one.
So
about
eating food
sacrificed to idols :
We know that an
idol is nothing
at
all
in the world, and that there is no God but one.
For though
there be
that
are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth ;
as there are gods
many ,
and lords many;
For even
if
there are so-
called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (
as there are many so-called
gods
and lords ),
yet to
us there is one God, the Father, of
whom are
all things ,
and we unto
him;
and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are
all things ,
and we
through him
.
yet for
us there is but
one God, the Father, from
whom all things came
and for
whom
we exist.
And there
is
but
one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came
and through whom
we
exist
.
Howbeit
there
is
not in
all
men
that
knowledge :
but
some ,
being
used
until
now
to the
idol,
eat as `of'
a
thing
sacrificed to an idol ;
and their conscience being
weak is defiled.
But
not everyone
has
this
knowledge .
Some people
are
still
so
accustomed
to idols
that
they
eat such
food
as if
it
were
sacrificed to an idol .
And since
their conscience is
weak ,
it
is defiled.
But food will
not commend
us to God: neither,
if
we eat
not,
are we
the
worse ;
nor,
if we eat, are
we
the
better.
But food does
not bring
us closer
to God: We are no
worse if we do
not
eat, and
no
better if
we
do
.
But
take
heed
lest
by
any
means
this
liberty
of
yours
become a stumblingblock
to the weak.
Be
careful,
however,
that
your
freedom
does
not
become a stumbling
block
to the weak.
For if a man
see
thee
who hast
knowledge
sitting
at
meat
in an idol's
temple, will not
his
conscience,
if
he is
weak,
be emboldened
to eat things
sacrificed to idols?
For if someone
with
a weak
conscience
sees
you
who are
well
informed
eating
in an idol’s
temple, will he not
be encouraged
to eat food
sacrificed to idols?
For
through
thy
knowledge
he
that
is
weak perisheth,
the
brother for whose
sake
Christ died.
So
this
weak brother ,
for whom
Christ died ,
is
destroyed
by
your
knowledge
.
And
thus,
sinning against the
brethren,
and wounding their conscience
when
it
is
weak, ye
sin against Christ.
By
sinning against your
brothers
in
this
way
and wounding their weak conscience
, you
sin against Christ.
Wherefore
, if meat
causeth
my brother to stumble, I will eat no
flesh
for
evermore
, that I cause
not my
brother
to stumble.
Therefore
, if what
I
eat
causes
my brother to stumble, I will never
eat meat
again
, so
that I will
not cause
him
to stumble.
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