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 someone sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?

What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

The women invited them to the sacrifices for their gods, and the people ate and bowed in worship to their gods.

Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

We all

If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.

that by Him you were enriched in everything—in all speech and all knowledge.

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

If I have the gift of prophecy
and understand all mysteries
and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith
so that I can move mountains
but do not have love, I am nothing.

Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

Come to your senses

and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

(I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.)

Let no one disqualify you,

insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind.

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the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God
and has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:

Everything you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say.

Your every action must be done with love.