1 Corinthians 8:1

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Summary

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Touching

We all

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Bible References

Touching

For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?

For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.

We all

If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

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He says, whose ear is open to the words of God, who has knowledge of the Most High, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down and having his eyes open:

The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

Let all you do be done in love.