Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Now concerning
things
sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Now about
food
sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
But
if
anyone
thinks that
he knows anything,
he
doesn't
yet know as he ought to know.
The
one
who
thinks he knows something
does
not
yet know as he ought to know.
But if
anyone
loves God ,
the
same
is known by him
.
But the
one
who
loves God is known by God
.
Therefore
concerning
the
eating of
things
sacrificed to idols ,
we know that no
idol is anything
in the world, and that there is no other
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 are things
that
are
called "
gods, "
whether in the
heavens
or on earth ;
as there are many "
gods "
and many
"
lords ;"
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
for him;
and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are
all things ,
and we
live
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
.
However,
that
knowledge isn't
in
all
men
. But
some ,
with
consciousness
of
the
idol
until
now,
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 .
For
neither,
if
we don't
eat,
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
be careful that by
no
means
does this
liberty
of
yours
become a stumbling block to the weak.
Be careful ,
however,
that your
freedom
does not
become a stumbling block to the weak.
For if a man
sees you who have
knowledge
sitting
in an idol's
temple, won't
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?
And
through
your
knowledge,
he
who
is
weak perishes,
the
brother for whose
sake
Christ died.
So
this
weak brother ,
for whom
Christ died ,
is
destroyed
by
your
knowledge
.
Thus,
sinning against the
brothers ,
and wounding their conscience
when
it
is
weak, you sin against Christ.
By
sinning against your
brothers in
this
way
and wounding their weak conscience
, you sin against Christ.
Therefore, if food
causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no
meat forevermore
, that I don't
cause 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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