Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 Now as concerning things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies.
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Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
2 And if anyone thinks that they know anything, they know nothing yet as they ought to know.
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Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.
3 But if anyone loves God, the same is known of him.
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But whoever loves God is known by God.
4 As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol <em>is</em> nothing in the world, and that <em>there is</em> no other God but one.
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So then, 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 For though there are <em>some</em> that are called gods, whether in heaven or in the earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
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For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
6 but to us <em>there is but</em> one God, the Father, of whom <em>are</em> all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom <em>are</em> all things, and we by him.
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yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
7 Howbeit <em>there is</em> not in everyone that knowledge, for some with conscience of the idol unto now, eat <em>it</em> as a thing offered unto an idol, and their conscience being weak is defiled.
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But not everyone possesses this knowledge. 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, it is defiled.
8 But food does not make us more acceptable unto God; for neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse.
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But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumblingblock to those that are weak.
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Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 For if anyone sees thee who hast <em>this</em> knowledge sit at food in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols?
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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?
11 and through thy knowledge the weak brother shall perish, for whom Christ died.
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So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
12 In this manner, therefore, sinning against the brethren and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
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When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13 Therefore, if food makes my brother to fall, I will never eat flesh nor do <em>anything</em> which <em>may cause</em> my brother to fall.
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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.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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