1Corinthians:8

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* Now in regard to food which has been offered to idols , we are sure of course that "we all have knowledge ." But knowledge puffs up , while love builds up . * If a man thinks that he already has knowledge , he does not yet truly know as he ought to know ; * but if a man loves God , he is known by him . * Now as to eating food that has been offered to idols , we know well that an idol has no real existence in the universe , and that there is no God but One . * For though there be so-called "gods ," celestial of terrestrial , as indeed there are gods many and lords many , * yet for there is one God , the Father , from whom are all things , and we for him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ , by whom are all things , and we by him . * But that "knowledge " is not possessed by all ; but some , accustomed until now to the idol , eat food as that which has actually been offered to an idol , and so their conscience , being still weak , is defiled . * Now food does not bring us nearness to God . Neither if we eat do we gain any advantage , nor if we eat not , do we lose any . * But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak . * For if any one should see you , the possessor of "knowledge ," reclining at table in an idols temple , would not his conscience , if he were weak , be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols ? * So he is lost , this weak man , lost by your "knowledge ." this brother for whom Christ died . * In so sinning against your brothers , and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences , you are sinning against Christ . * Therefore , if what I eat makes my brother to stumble , I will never eat meat again , lest I make my brother to stumble .

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