VII.
Dealing with the eating of things sacrificed to idols
8:1—11:1
A.
An inadvisable eating
8:1-13
1.
Not according to love, which builds up
vv. 1-3
1 Cor. 8
:1
8:1
Now concerning
1things sacrificed to
aidols, we
2know that we all have
3bknowledge.
4Knowledge cpuffs up, but
4dlove 5ebuilds up.
1 Cor. 8
:2
8:2
If anyone
athinks that he knows anything, he has
bnot yet come to know as he ought to
1know;
1 Cor. 8
:3
8:3
But if anyone
1aloves God, this one is
bknown by Him.
2.
Idols being nothing
vv. 4-7
1 Cor. 8
:4
8:4
Therefore concerning the eating of things
asacrificed to idols, we
1know that an
bidol is
cnothing in the world and that there is no God but
done.
1 Cor. 8
:5
8:5
For even if there are so-called
agods, either in heaven or on earth, even as there are many gods and many lords,
1 Cor. 8
:6
8:6
Yet to
1us there is
2aone God, the
3bFather,
4out from whom are
call things, and we are
4unto Him; and
5done Lord,
6Jesus Christ,
4ethrough whom are all things, and we are
4through Him.
1 Cor. 8
:7
8:7
But athis knowledge is not in all men; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now,
beat the food as an
cidol sacrifice, and their
1dconscience, being weak, is
2defiled.
3.
Food not commending us to God
v.8
1 Cor. 8
:8
8:8
But afood will not commend us to God; neither if we do not eat are we lacking, nor if we eat do we
1abound.
4.
Stumbling weak brothers
vv. 9-13
1 Cor. 8
:9
8:9
But beware lest somehow this
1right of yours become a
astumbling block to the
2bweak ones.
1 Cor. 8
:10
8:10
For if anyone sees you who have
aknowledge reclining
at table in an
bidol temple, will not his
cconscience, if he is weak, be
1emboldened to eat the things
dsacrificed to the idols?
1 Cor. 8
:11
8:11
For the one who is
aweak is being
1bdestroyed by your
cknowledge, the brother because of whom Christ
ddied.
1 Cor. 8
:12
8:12
And sinning in this way against the brothers and
1wounding their weak
aconscience, you sin against Christ.
1 Cor. 8
:13
8:13
Therefore if food
1astumbles my brother, I shall by no means eat
2meat forever, that I may not
1stumble my brother.
