Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
about
food
sacrificed to idols :
We know
that we all have knowledge .
Knowledge puffs
up, but love builds
up .
And
concerning
the
things
sacrificed to idols ,
we have
known
that we all have knowledge :
knowledge puffeth
up, but love buildeth
up ;
The
one who
thinks
he knows
something
does
not yet know
as he
ought
to know .
and
if
any
one doth
think
to
know
anything,
he hath
not yet known
anything
according
as it
behoveth
`him'
to know ;
But
the
one who
loves
God is
known by God
.
and
if
any
one doth
love
God ,
this
one
hath
been
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
the
eating then
of
the
things
sacrificed to idols ,
we have
known
that an idol `
is '
nothing in the world, and that there is no other
God except
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 even if there are those
called gods, whether in heaven ,
whether
upon
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 `
is '
one God, the Father, of
whom `are'
the
all things ,
and we to
Him;
and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom `are'
the
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.
but not in
all
men
`is'
the
knowledge ,
and
certain
with
conscience
of
the
idol,
till
now,
as a
thing
sacrificed to an idol do
eat
`it',
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 victuals
do
not commend
us to God ,
for
neither
if
we may
eat
are we
in
advance;
nor
if we may
not eat, are
we behind;
Be
careful,
however
, that
your
freedom
does
not
become a stumbling block to the weak.
but
see
, lest
this
privilege
of
yours
may
become a stumbling -
block to the infirm,
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 any
one
may
see
thee
that
hast
knowledge
in an idol's
temple reclining
at
meat
--
shall
not his
conscience
--
he
being
infirm
--
be emboldened
to eat the
things
sacrificed to idols ,
So
this
weak
brother, for
whom Christ died ,
is
destroyed
by
your
knowledge.
and
the
brother who
is
infirm
shall
perish
by
thy
knowledge
, because
of
whom Christ died ?
By
sinning against
your
brothers
in this
way
and wounding
their weak conscience ,
you
sin
against
Christ .
and
thus
sinning in regard
to
the
brethren,
and smiting
their weak conscience --
in
regard
to
Christ ye
sin;
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 victuals
cause
my brother to stumble, I may
eat no
flesh
--
to
the
age
--
that my
brother
I may
not cause to stumble.
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