ASV_Strong : 1 Corinthians 8
1. Now[G1161] concerning things sacrificed to idols[G1494]: We[G2192] know[G1492] that[G3754] we[G2192] all[G3956] have[G2192] knowledge[G1108]. Knowledge[G1108] puffeth up[G5448], but[G1161] love[G26] edifieth[G3618].
2. [G1161] If[G1487] any man[G5100] thinketh[G1380] that he knoweth[G1492] anything[G5100], he knoweth[G1097] not[G3762] yet[G3764] as[G2531] he ought[G1163] to know[G1097];
3. but[G1161] if[G1487] any man[G5100] loveth[G25] God[G2316], the same[G3778] is known[G1097] by[G5259] him[G846].
4. Concerning[G4012] therefore[G3767] the eating[G1035] of things sacrificed to idols[G1494], we know[G1492] that[G3754] no idol[G1497] is anything[G3762] in[G1722] the world[G2889], and[G2532] that[G3754] there is no[G3762, Exodus87] God[G2316] but[G1487, 3361] one[G1520].
5. For[G1063] though[G1512] there be[G1526] that are called[G3004] gods[G2316], whether[G1535] in[G1722] heaven[G3772] or[G1535] on[G1909] earth[G1093]; as[G5618] there are[G1526] gods[G2316] many[G4183], and[G2532] lords[G2962] many[G4183];
6. yet[G235] to us[G2254] there is one[G1520] God[G2316], the Father[G3962], of[G1537] whom[G3739] are all things[G3956], and[G2532] we[G2249] unto[G1519] him[G846]; and[G2532] one[G1520] Lord[G2962], Jesus[G2424] Christ[G5547], through[G1223] whom[G3739] are all things[G3956], and[G2532] we[G2249] through[G1223] him[G846].
7. Howbeit[G235] there is not[G3756] in[G1722] all men[G3956] that knowledge[G1108]: but[G1161] some[G5100], being used[G4893] until[G2193] now[G737] to the idol[G1497], eat[G2068] as[G5613] of a thing sacrificed to an idol[G1494]; and[G2532] their[G846] conscience[G4893] being[G5607] weak[G772] is defiled[G3435].
8. But[G1161] food[G1033] will not[G3756] commend[G3936] us[G2248] to God[G2316]: [G3777] neither[G3777], if[G1437] we eat[G5315] not[G3361], are we the worse[G5302]; nor[G3777], if[G1437] we eat[G5315], are we the better[G4052].
9. But[G1161] take heed[G991] lest by any means[G3381] this[G3778] liberty[G1849] of yours[G5216] become[G1096] a stumblingblock[G4348] to the[G3588] weak[G770].
10. For[G1063] if[G1437] a man[G5100] see[G1492] thee[G4571] who hast[G2192] knowledge[G1108] sitting at meat[G2621] in[G1722] an idol[G1493]'s temple, will[G3618] not[G3780] his[G846] conscience[G4893], if he is[G5607] weak[G772], be emboldened[G3618] to eat[G2068, 1519] things sacrificed to idols[G1494]?
11. For[G2532] through[G1909] thy[G4674] knowledge[G1108, 622] he that is weak[G770] perisheth[G622], the brother[G80] for[G1223] whose sake[G3739] Christ[G5547] died[G599].
12. And[G1161] thus[G264], sinning [G3779] against[G1519] the brethren[G80], and[G2532] wounding[G5180] their[G846] conscience[G4893] when it is weak[G770], ye sin[G264] against[G1519] Christ[G5547].
13. Wherefore[G1355], if[G1487] meat[G1033] causeth[G4624] my[G3450] brother[G80] to stumble[G4624], I will eat[G5315, 3756] no[G3361] flesh[G2907] for[G1519] evermore[G165], that[G3361] I cause[G4624] not my[G3450] brother[G80] to[G2443] stumble[G4624].
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