1 Corinthians 881 CorinthiansAnswers on marriage, food and freedomUnlocked English Bible

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1. Food Sacrificed to Idols

   (Ezekiel 14:1–11; Romans 14:13–23)

2. 1UEBNow about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.BSBBSB: Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
3. 2UEBIf anyone thinks he knows something, that person does not yet know as he should know.BSBBSB: The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
4. 3UEBBut if anyone loves God, that person is known by him.BSBBSB: But the one who loves God is known by God.
5. 4UEBSo then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol in this world is nothing and that there is no God but 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. 5UEBFor maybe so-called gods do exist, either in heaven or on earth, just as there are 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. 6UEBYet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things exist, and through whom we exist.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. 7UEBHowever, this knowledge is not in everyone. Instead, some previously practiced idol worship, and they eat this food as if it were something sacrificed to an idol. Their conscience is thereby corrupted because it is weak.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. 8UEBBut food will not present us to God. We are not worse if we do not eat, nor better if we do eat it.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. 9UEBBut take care that your freedom does not become a reason for someone who is weak in faith to stumble.BSBBSB: Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
11. 10UEBFor suppose that someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating a meal in an idol's temple. Is not his weak conscience emboldened to eat what is offered 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. 11UEBSo because of your understanding about the true nature of idols, the weaker one, the brother for whom Christ died, is destroyed.BSBBSB: So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
13. 12UEBThus, when you sin against your brothers and wound their weak consciences, you sin against Christ.BSBBSB: By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
14. 13UEBTherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause my brother to fall.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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