1Corinthians:8

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* Now concerning sacrifices to idols : We know that we all have knowledge . Knowledge puffs up , but love builds up . * And if anyone thinks that he knows anything , he knows nothing yet as he ought to know . * But if anyone loves God , this one is known by Him . * Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols , we know 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 the heavens or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords ), * yet for 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 through Him . * However , there is not in everyone that knowledge ; for some , with consciousness of the idol , until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol ; and their conscience , being weak , is defiled . * But food does not commend us to God ; for neither if we eat do we excel , nor if we do not eat are we lacking . * But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak . * For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol ’s temple , will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols ? * And because of your knowledge the weak brother will perish , the one for whom Christ died . * But when you sin in this way against the brethren , and wound their weak conscience , you sin against Christ . * Therefore , if food makes my brother stumble , I will never again eat flesh , so that I not make my brother stumble .

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