1 CorinthiansChristianityAccepted ScriptureKoine GreekShare1 Corinthians 8Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹1 Corinthians 11 Corinthians 21 Corinthians 31 Corinthians 41 Corinthians 51 Corinthians 61 Corinthians 71 Corinthians 81 Corinthians 91 Corinthians 101 Corinthians 111 Corinthians 121 Corinthians 131 Corinthians 141 Corinthians 151 Corinthians 16›1 Corinthians 8ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. 2If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it]. 3But if any one loveGod, he is known of him): 4— concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in [the] world, and that there [is] no otherGod save one. 5For and if indeed there are [those] calledgods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there aregods many, and lords many,) 6yet to us [there is] oneGod, the Father, of whom all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him. 7But knowledge [is] not in all: but some, with conscience of the idol, until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to idols; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8But meat does not commend us toGod; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage. 9But see lest anywise this your right [to eat] itself be a stumbling-block to the weak. 10For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol? 11and the weak [one], the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge. 12Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother. ‹Previous chapter1 Corinthians 7Next chapter1 Corinthians 9›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Versions1 Corinthians 8 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain