CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Corinthians 8 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_corinthians/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_corinthians/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > 1 Corinthians 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_corinthians/7.htm" title="1 Corinthians 7">◄</a> 1 Corinthians 8 <a href="../1_corinthians/9.htm" title="1 Corinthians 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/8-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love builds up; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and if anyone thinks to know anything, he has not yet known anything according as it is required to know; <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one; <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>for even if there are those called gods, whether in Heaven, whether on earth—as there are many gods and many lords— <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>yet to us [is] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all things, and we through Him;<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>but not in all men [is] the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, until now, eat [it] as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But food does not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind; <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the weak, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for if anyone may see you that have knowledge in an idol’s temple reclining to eat, will not his conscience—he being weak—be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols? <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the [one] being weak—the brother for whom Christ died—will perish by your knowledge. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And thus sinning in regard to the brothers, and striking their weak conscience—you sin in regard to Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>for this reason, if food causes my brother to stumble, I may not eat flesh—throughout the age—that I may not cause my brother to stumble.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. Used by permission.<br><a href="https://lsvbible.com">www.lsvbible.com</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_corinthians/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_corinthians/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>