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

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Touching

For if anyone sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol temple, will not the weak one's conscience be lifted up so as to eat things sacrificed to idols?

What then do I say? That the idol is anything, or that an idolatrous sacrifice is anything?

And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Now therefore why do you tempt God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, a yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

And as to the nations who believe, we joined in writing, judging them to observe no such things, except only that they keep themselves from both idol sacrifice, and blood, and a thing strangled, and from fornication.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication.

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And if any man thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

that in everything you are enriched by Him, in all speech and in all knowledge;

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are despised.

And though I have prophecies, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so as to move mountains, and do not have charity, I am nothing.

Brothers, do not be children in your minds, but in malice be like infants, and in your minds be mature.

Be righteously awake, and sin not; for some have ignorance of God. I speak this to your shame.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing by itself is common; except to him who esteems anything to be common, it is common.

Let no one defraud you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen, without a cause being vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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he has said, he who heard the words of God and knew the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down but having his eyes open;

What you know, I know also; I do not fall short of you.

I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.

Let all your things be done in charity.