1 Corinthians 881 CorinthiansAnswers on marriage, food and freedomWycliffe Bible (c. 1395)

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1. 1WYCBut of these thingis that ben sacrified to ydols, we witen, for alle we han kunnyng. But kunnyng blowith, charite edefieth.BSBBSB: Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2. 2WYCBut if ony man gessith, that he kan ony thing, he hath not yit knowe hou it bihoueth hym to kunne.BSBBSB: The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
3. 3WYCAnd if ony man loueth God, this is knowun of hym.BSBBSB: But the one who loves God is known by God.
4. 4WYCBut of metis that ben offrid to idols, we witen, that an idol is no thing in the world, and that ther is no God but oon.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.
5. 5WYCFor thouy ther ben summe that ben seid goddis, ethir in heuene, ether in erthe, as ther ben many goddis, and many lordis;BSBBSB: For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
6. 6WYCnetheles to vs is o God, the fadir, of whom ben alle thingis, and we in hym; and o Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom ben alle thingis, and we bi hym.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.
7. 7WYCBut not in alle men is kunnyng. For summen with conscience of ydol til now eten as thing offrid to idolis; and her conscience is defoulid, for it is sijk.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.
8. 8WYCMete comendith vs not to God; for nether we schulen faile, if we eten not, nether if we eten, we schulen haue plente.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.
9. 9WYCBut se ye, lest perauenture this your leeue be maad hurtyng to sijke men.BSBBSB: Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
10. 10WYCFor if ony man schal se hym, that hath kunnyng, etynge in a place where idols ben worschipid, whethir his conscience, sithen it is sijke, schal not be edified to ete thingis offrid 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?
11. 11WYCAnd the sijk brothir, for whom Crist diede, schal perische in thi kunnyng.BSBBSB: So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
12. 12WYCFor thus ye synnyng ayens britheren, and smytynge her sijk conscience synnen ayens Crist.BSBBSB: By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13. 13WYCWherfor if mete sclaundrith my brother, Y schal neuere ete fleisch, lest Y sclaundre my brothir.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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