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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Now about
food
sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs
up, but love builds
up
.
Now concerning
things
sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth
up, but love edifieth
.
The
one
who
thinks
he knows
something
does
not yet know
as he ought to know .
If
any
man
thinketh
that
he knoweth
anything,
he
knoweth
not yet as he ought to know ;
But the
one
who
loves
God is known by God
.
but if
any
man
loveth
God ,
the
same
is known by him
.
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.
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.
For even
if
there are so-
called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (
as there are many
so-called
gods and lords ),
For though
there be
that
are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth ;
as there are gods many,
and lords many;
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
.
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
.
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.
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 food does
not bring
us closer
to God: We are no
worse if we do
not
eat, and
no
better
if
we do
.
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
.
Be
careful,
however,
that
your
freedom
does
not
become a stumbling
block
to the weak.
But
take
heed
lest
by
any
means
this
liberty
of
yours
become a stumblingblock
to the weak.
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 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?
So
this
weak brother
, for whom
Christ died ,
is
destroyed
by
your
knowledge
.
For
through
thy
knowledge
he
that
is
weak perisheth
, the
brother
for whose
sake
Christ died.
By
sinning against your
brothers
in
this
way
and wounding their weak
conscience, you
sin against Christ.
And
thus,
sinning against the
brethren,
and wounding their conscience when
it
is
weak
, ye
sin against Christ.
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.
Wherefore
, if meat
causeth
my brother to stumble, I will eat no
flesh
for
evermore
, that I cause not
my
brother
to stumble.
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