1 Corinthians 8 (TNT)

1To speake of thinges dedicate vnto ydols we are sure that we all have knowledge. knowledge maketh a man swell: but love edifieth.Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2If eny man thinke that he knoweth eny thinge he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe.The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

3But yf eny man love god the same is knowen of him.But the one who loves God is known by God.

4To speake of meate dedicat vnto ydols we are sure that ther is none ydoll in the worlde and that ther is none other god but one.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.

5And though ther be that are called goddes whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes many and lordes many)For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

6yet vnto vs is there but one god which is the father of whom are all thinges and we in him: and one lorde Iesus Christ by whom are all thinges and we by him.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.

7But every man hath not knowledge. For some suppose that ther is an ydoll vntyll this houre and eate as of a thinge offered vnto the ydole and so their consciences beynge yet weake are defyled.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.

8Meate maketh vs not acceptable to god. Nether yf we eate are we the better. Nether yf we eate not are we the worsse.But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

9But take hede that youre libertie cause not the weake to faule.Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

10For yf some man se ye which hast knowledge sit at meate in the ydoles temple shall not the conscience of hym which is weake be boldened to eate those thinges which are offered vnto the ydole?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?

11And so thorow thy knowledge shall the weake brother perisshe for whom christ dyed.So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

12When ye synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake consciences ye synne agaynst Christ.By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

13Wherfore yf meate hurt my brother I will eate no flesshe whill the worlde stondeth because I will not hurte my brother.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.

1 Corinthians 8

Food Sacrificed to Idols