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Passage Lookup: 1 Corinthians 8
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1 Corinthians 8:1
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Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols
Now about food sacrificed to idols:(a) We know that "We all possess knowledge."(b) But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.Footnotes:
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1 Corinthians 8:2
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Those who think they know something(c) do not yet know as they ought to know.(d)
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1 Corinthians 8:3
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But whoever loves God is known by God.[a](e)
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1 Corinthians 8:4
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So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(f) We know that "An idol is nothing at all in the world"(g) and that "There is no God but one."(h)
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1 Corinthians 8:5
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For even if there are so-called gods,(i) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"),
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1 Corinthians 8:6
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yet for us there is but one God,(j) the Father,(k) from whom all things came(l) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(m) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(n) and through whom we live.
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1 Corinthians 8:7
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But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(o) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(p) it is defiled.
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1 Corinthians 8:8
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But food does not bring us near to God;(q) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(r) to the weak.(s)
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1 Corinthians 8:10
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For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won't that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(t)
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1 Corinthians 8:11
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So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(u) by your knowledge.
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1 Corinthians 8:12
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When you sin against them(v) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(w)
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1 Corinthians 8:13
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Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(x)
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