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1. Food Sacrificed to Idols

   (Ezekiel 14:1–11; Romans 14:13–23)

2. 1ULTNow about the things 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. 2ULTIf anyone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.BSBBSB: The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
4. 3ULTBut if anyone loves God, that one is known by him.BSBBSB: But the one who loves God is known by God.
5. 4ULTSo then, about the eating of the things sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol in the world{ is} nothing and that{ there is} no 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. 5ULTFor even if there are so- called gods, whether 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. 6ULTyet for us{ there is} one God the Father, from whom{ are} all things and for whom we{ are}, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all{ things are}, and through 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. 7ULTHowever, this knowledge{ is} not in everyone. Instead, some,{ being} in the custom of the idols until now, eat things as sacrificed to idols, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.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. 8ULTBut food will not bring us near to God; neither are we made to lack if we do not eat, nor do we abound if we eat.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. 9ULTBut take care lest this authority of yours might become a stumbling block for the weak.BSBBSB: Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
11. 10ULTFor if someone might see the one having knowledge reclining to eat in an idol’ s temple, will his conscience, being weak, not be built up so as to eat the things 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. 11ULTSo the one being weak, the brother for whom Christ died, is destroyed through your knowledge.BSBBSB: So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
13. 12ULTAnd thus sinning against your brothers and wounding 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. 13ULTTherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will certainly not ever eat meat, so that I might not cause my brother to stumble.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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