1 Corinthians 8:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Touching

Revelation 2:14

We all

General references

1 Corinthians 10:15

1 Corinthians 16:14

Bible References

Touching

For if any one should see you, the possessor of "knowledge," reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience, if he were weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

What then shall we say? that an offering to an idol is anything? or that an idol is really anything?

"Now then, why are you tempting God by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

"As for the Gentile believers, we wrote giving judgment that they should abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication."

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat food offered to idols, and to practise immorality.

We all

If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know;

that in everything you have been enriched in him, in all speech, and in all knowledge

For Christ's sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast.

Though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Brothers, do not become children in understanding; be babes in malice, but in understanding become mature men.

Wake up, do justly, cease from sin; for I say to your shame that some of you have no acquaintance with God.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is in itself unclean; but any food is "unclean" for one who considers it "unclean."

Let no man at his will defraud you of your prize through his false humility and worship of the angels, taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and vainly puffed up by his material mind;

General references

I am speaking to men of sense; do you yourselves judge what I say.

Let all that you do be done in love.