Dual Panel1With regard to <4012> food sacrificed to idols <1494>, we know <1492> that <3754> “we <2192> all <3956> have <2192> knowledge <1108>.” Knowledge <1108> puffs up <5448>, but <1161> love <26> builds up <3618>.
2If <1487> someone <5100> thinks <1380> he knows <1097> something <5100>, he does not yet <3768> know <1097> to the degree that <2531> he needs <1163> to know <1097>.
3But <1161> if <1487> someone <5100> loves <25> God <2316>, he <3778> is known <1097> by <5259> God <846>.
4With regard <4012> then <3767> to eating food <1035> sacrificed <1494> to idols, we know <1492> that <3754> “an idol <1497> in <1722> this world <2889> is nothing <3762>,” and <2532> that <3754> “there is no <3762> God <2316> but <1487> <3361> one <1520>.”
5If after all <1512> there are <1510> so-called <3004> gods <2316>, whether <1535> in <1722> heaven <3772> or <1535> on <1909> earth <1093> (as <5618> there are <1510> many <4183> gods <2316> and <2532> many <4183> lords <2962>),
6yet <235> for us <2254> there is one <1520> God <2316>, the Father <3962>, from <1537> whom <3739> are all things <3956> and <2532> for whom we <2249> live, and <2532> one <1520> Lord <2962>, Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, through <1223> whom <3739> are all things <3956> and <2532> through <1223> whom we <2249> live.
7But <235> this knowledge <1108> is not <3756> shared by <1722> all <3956>. And <1161> some <5100>, by being accustomed <4914> to <2193> idols <1497> in former times, eat <2068> this food as <5613> an idol sacrifice <1494>, and <2532> their conscience <4893>, because it is weak <772>, is <1510> defiled <3435>.
8Now food <1033> will <3936> not <3756> bring <3936> us <2248> close <3936> to God <2316>. We are <5302> no <3777> worse <5302> if <1437> we do <5315> not <3361> eat <5315> and no <3777> better <4052> if <1437> we do <5315>.
9But <1161> be careful <991> that this <3778> liberty <1849> of yours <5216> does <1096> not <3361> become <1096> a hindrance <4348> to the weak <772>.
10For <1063> if <1437> someone <5100> weak <772> sees <1492> you <4571> who possess <2192> knowledge <1108> dining <2621> in <1722> an idol’s temple <1493>, will <3618> not <3780> his <846> conscience <4893> be <1510> “strengthened <3618>” to eat <2068> food offered to idols <1494>?
11So <1063> by <1722> your <4674> knowledge <1108> the weak <770> brother or sister <80>, for <1223> whom <3739> Christ <5547> died <599>, is destroyed <622>.
12If you sin <264> against <1519> your brothers or sisters <80> in this way <3779> and <2532> wound <5180> their <846> weak <770> conscience <4893>, you sin <264> against <1519> Christ <5547>.
13For this reason <1355>, if <1487> food <1033> causes <4624> my <3450> brother or sister <80> to sin <4624>, I will <5315> never <3361> eat <5315> meat <2907> again <1519> <165>, so that <2443> I may <4624> not <3361> cause <4624> one of them <80> to sin <4624>.