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8 1Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." "Knowledge"puffs up, but love builds up. Food Offered to Idols 1Cor.8.1-13Περὶ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἰδαμεν ὅτι πάντες γνῶσιν ἐχομεν. ἡ γνῶσις φυσιοῖ, ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη οἰκοδομεῖ.
2If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. εἰ τις δοκεῖ ἐγνωκέναι τι, οὐπω ἐγνω καθὼς δεῖ γνῶναι·
3But if one loves God, one is known by him.  εἰ δέ τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν θεόν, οὗτος ἐγνωσται ὑπ' αὐτοῦ.
4Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one." Περὶ τῆς βρώσεως οὖν τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων οἰδαμεν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἰδωλον ἐν κόσμῳ, καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς θεὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς.
5For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth - as indeed there are many "gods"and many "lords"- καὶ γὰρ εἰπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ εἰτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἰτε ἐπὶ γῆς, ὡσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κύριοι πολλοί,
6yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.  ἀλλ' ἡμῖν εἷς θεὸς ὁ πατήρ, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς αὐτόν, καὶ εἷς κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, δῖ οὗ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἡμεῖς δῖ αὐτοῦ.
7However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through being hitherto accustomed to idols, eat food as really offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.  Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐν πᾶσιν ἡ γνῶσις· τινὲς δὲ τῇ συνηθείᾳ ἑως ἀρτι τοῦ εἰδώλου ὡς εἰδωλόθυτον ἐσθίουσιν, καὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτῶν ἀσθενὴς οὖσα μολύνεται.
8Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.  βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ παραστήσει τῷ θεῷ· οὐτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν ὑστερούμεθα, οὐτε ἐὰν φάγωμεν περισσεύομεν.
9Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. βλέπετε δὲ μή πως ἡ ἐξουσία ὑμῶν αὑτη πρόσκομμα γένηται τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν.
10For if anyone sees you, a man of knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, might he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? ἐὰν γάρ τις ἰδῃ σὲ τὸν ἐχοντα γνῶσιν ἐν εἰδωλείῳ κατακείμενον, οὐχὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτοῦ ἀσθενοῦς ὀντος οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τὸ τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν;
11And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. ἀπόλλυται γὰρ ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἐν τῇ σῇ γνώσει, ὁ ἀδελφὸς δῖ ὃν Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.
12Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. οὑτως δὲ ἀμαρτάνοντες εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τύπτοντες αὐτῶν τὴν συνείδησιν ἀσθενοῦσαν εἰς Χριστὸν ἀμαρτάνετε.
13Therefore, if food is a cause of my brother's falling, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall. διόπερ εἰ βρῶμα σκανδαλίζει τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, οὐ μὴ φάγω κρέα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἵνα μὴ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου σκανδαλίσω.

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