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1 Now as to things offered to idols, 'tis certain that the knowledge you all pretend to have, swells you with pride, but 'tis charity that edifieth. 2 and if any man be conceited of his own knowledge, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it. 3 but if a man love God, the same is taught by him. 4 As to the eating therefore of what is offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that the heathen deities have no real existence, and that there is but one God. 5 for tho' there are several titular deities, both in heaven and on earth: such as the whole crowd of gods, and lords among the Gentiles; 6 yet to us there is but one God, the father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 7 But every one has not this knowledge: for some still imagine the idol represents a deity: and eat the meat under the notion of an offering to such a being: by which erroneous opinion they are infected with idolatry. 8 meat does not recommend us to God: if we eat, we are not the better men; if we don't eat, we are not the worse. 1 Corinthians 8:1-8, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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