1 Corinthians 8:1-13, 1 Corinthians 10:25-33 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Take Care with Your Liberty

Now concerning ^athings sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have ^bknowledge. Knowledge ^cpuffs up, but love ^dbuilds up. 2 ^aIf anyone thinks that he has known anything, he has not yet ^bknown as he ought to know; 3 but if anyone loves God, he ^ahas been known by Him.
4 Therefore, concerning the eating of ^athings sacrificed to idols, we know that ¹an idol is ^bnothing in the world, and that ^cthere is no God but one. 5 For even if ^athere are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 6 yet for us ^athere is one God, ^bthe Father, ^cfrom whom are all things and we exist for Him, and ^done Lord, Jesus Christ, ^eby whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
7 However, not all men ^ahave this knowledge; but ^bsome, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But ^afood will not ¹commend us to God. We neither lack if we do not eat, nor abound if we do eat. 9 But ^asee to it that this ¹authority of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the ^bweak. 10 For if someone sees you, who have ^aknowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat ^bthings sacrificed to idols? 11 For through ^ayour knowledge he who is weak ^bis ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 12 ^aAnd in that way, by sinning against the brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin ^bagainst Christ. 13 Therefore, ^aif food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again—ever, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

1 Corinthians 10:25-33

25 ^aEat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience’ sake. 26 ^aFor the earth is the ¹Lord’s, as well as its fullness. 27 If ^aone of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, ^beat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience’ sake. 28 But ^aif anyone says to you, “This is meat consecrated to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience’ sake. 29 I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For ^awhy is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with gratefulness, ^awhy am I slandered concerning that for which I ^bgive thanks?
31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or ^awhatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 ^aGive no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to ^bthe church of God; 33 just as I also ^aplease all men in all things, ^bnot seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, ^cso that they may be saved.