chapter_1_Corinthians 8
1 Corinthians 8:1: And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; 1 Corinthians 8:2: and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know; 1 Corinthians 8:3: and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him. 1 Corinthians 8:4: 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; 1 Corinthians 8:5: for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth &#8212; as there are gods many and lords many &#8212; 1 Corinthians 8:6: 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; 1 Corinthians 8:7: 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. 1 Corinthians 8:8: 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; 1 Corinthians 8:9: but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm, 1 Corinthians 8:10: for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat &#8212; shall not his conscience &#8212; he being infirm &#8212; be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols, 1 Corinthians 8:11: and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died? 1 Corinthians 8:12: and thus sinning in regard to the brethren, and smiting their weak conscience &#8212; in regard to Christ ye sin; 1 Corinthians 8:13: wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh &#8212; to the age &#8212; that my brother I may not cause to stumble.
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