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1 Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols: we know we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up: but charity edifieth.
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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 any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he 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 any man love God, the same is known by him.
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But whoever loves God is known by God.
4 But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no 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 although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many and lords many):
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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 Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him: and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are 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 But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this present, with conscience of the idol, eat as a thing sacrificed to 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 meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more: nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.
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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 perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.
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Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
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