1 Corinthians 8:1-8 ▼

1 And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love builds up;

2 and if anyone thinks to know anything, he has not yet known anything according as it is required to know;

3 and if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him.

4 Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

5 for even if there are those called gods, whether in Heaven, whether on earth—as there are many gods and many lords—

6 yet to us [is] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all things, and we through Him;

7 but not in all men [is] the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, until now, eat [it] as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

8 But food does not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;