6 occurrences

'Idols' in the Bible

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Verse ConceptsAcademicsPride, OriginArrogance, In The ChurchBuilding Up The ChurchKnowingDrawbacks To Knowledge

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMonotheismOne GodIdols Not ExistingUseless IdolsNon ExistenceNo Other Is GodFood For Other godsGod Is OneSacrificesEating Meatstatues

For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

Verse ConceptsKnowingFood For Other godsWeaknessEating Meatconscience

What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Verse ConceptsIdolatryFood For Other godsOccultism Being Forbidden

But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."

Verse ConceptsFeastingFood For Other godsMeat offeringsSacrificeEating Meatconscience

You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.

Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism