1 Corinthians 8 8 1 Corinthians Answers on marriage, food and freedom Arabic Literal Text 1 GLT وَأَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ مَا ذُبِحَ لِلْأَوْثَانِ: فَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لِجَمِيعِنَا عِلْمًا. ٱلْعِلْمُ يَنْفُخُ، وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْمَحَبَّةَ تَبْنِي. BSB BSB: Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 GLT فَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ شَيْئًا، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ شَيْئًا بَعْدُ كَمَا يَجِبُ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ! BSB BSB: The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 GLT وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يُحِبُّ ٱللهَ، فَهَذَا مَعْرُوفٌ عِنْدَهُ. BSB BSB: But the one who loves God is known by God.
5 GLT لِأَنَّهُ وَإِنْ وُجِدَ مَا يُسَمَّى آلِهَةً، سِوَاءٌ كَانَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَوْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، كَمَا يُوجَدُ آلِهَةٌ كَثِيرُونَ وَأَرْبَابٌ كَثِيرُونَ. BSB BSB: For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
7 GLT وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ ٱلْعِلْمُ فِي ٱلْجَمِيعِ. بَلْ أُنَاسٌ بِٱلضَّمِيرِ نَحْوَ ٱلْوَثَنِ إِلَى ٱلْآنَ يَأْكُلُونَ كَأَنَّهُ مِمَّا ذُبِحَ لِوَثَنٍ، فَضَمِيرُهُمْ إِذْ هُوَ ضَعِيفٌ يَتَنَجَّسُ. BSB BSB: 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.
8 GLT وَلَكِنَّ ٱلطَّعَامَ لَا يُقَدِّمُنَا إِلَى ٱللهِ، لِأَنَّنَا إِنْ أَكَلْنَا لَا نَزِيدُ وَإِنْ لَمْ نَأْكُلْ لَا نَنْقُصُ. BSB BSB: But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 GLT وَلَكِنِ ٱنْظُرُوا لِئَلَّا يَصِيرَ سُلْطَانُكُمْ هَذَا مَعْثَرَةً لِلضُّعَفَاءِ. BSB BSB: Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 GLT لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ رَآكَ أَحَدٌ يَا مَنْ لَهُ عِلْمٌ، مُتَّكِئًا فِي هَيْكَلِ وَثَنٍ، أَفَلَا يَتَقَوَّى ضَمِيرُهُ، إِذْ هُوَ ضَعِيفٌ، حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ مَا ذُبِحَ لِلْأَوْثَانِ؟! BSB BSB: 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?
11 GLT فَيَهْلِكَ بِسَبَبِ عِلْمِكَ ٱلْأَخُ ٱلضَّعِيفُ ٱلَّذِي مَاتَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ. BSB BSB: So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
12 GLT وَهَكَذَا إِذْ تُخْطِئُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِخْوَةِ وَتَجْرَحُونَ ضَمِيرَهُمُ ٱلضَّعِيفَ، تُخْطِئُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَسِيحِ. BSB BSB: By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13 GLT لِذَلِكَ إِنْ كَانَ طَعَامٌ يُعْثِرُ أَخِي فَلَنْ آكُلَ لَحْمًا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، لِئَلَّا أُعْثِرَ أَخِي. BSB BSB: 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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