1 Corinthians 881 CorinthiansAnswers on marriage, food and freedomCatholic Public Domain Version

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1. Food Sacrificed to Idols

   (Ezekiel 14:1–11; Romans 14:13–23)

2. 1CPDVNow concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity builds up.BSBBSB: Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
3. 2CPDVBut if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know.BSBBSB: The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
4. 3CPDVFor if anyone loves God, he is known by him.BSBBSB: But the one who loves God is known by God.
5. 4CPDVBut as to the foods that are immolated to idols, we know that an idol in the world is nothing, and that no one is God, except One.BSBBSB: So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
6. 5CPDVFor although there are things that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (if one even considers there to be many gods and many lords)BSBBSB: For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
7. 6CPDVyet we know that there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things are, and in whom we are, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and by whom we are.BSBBSB: yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
8. 7CPDVBut knowledge is not in everyone. For some persons, even now, with consent to an idol, eat what has been sacrificed to an idol. And their conscience, being infirm, becomes polluted.BSBBSB: 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.
9. 8CPDVYet food does not commend us to God. For if we eat, we will not have more, and if we do not eat, we will not have less.BSBBSB: But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
10. 9CPDVBut be careful not to let your liberty become a cause of sin to those who are weak.BSBBSB: Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
11. 10CPDVFor if anyone sees someone with knowledge sitting down to eat in idolatry, will not his own conscience, being infirm, be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols?BSBBSB: 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?
12. 11CPDVAnd should an infirm brother perish by your knowledge, even though Christ died for him?BSBBSB: So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
13. 12CPDVSo when you sin in this way against the brothers, and you harm their weakened conscience, then you sin against Christ.BSBBSB: By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
14. 13CPDVBecause of this, if food leads my brother to sin, I will never eat meat, lest I lead my brother to sin.BSBBSB: 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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