8:1 Now
concerning
food
offered
to
idols:
we
know
that
"all
of
us
possess
knowledge."
This
"knowledge"
puffs
up,
but
love
builds
up.
8:2 If
anyone
imagines
that
he
knows
something,
he
does
not
yet
know
as
he
ought
to
know.
8:3 But
if
anyone
loves
God,
he
is
known
by
God.
8:4 Therefore,
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."
8:5 For
although
there
may
be
so-called
gods
in
heaven
or
on
earth--as
indeed
there
are
many
"gods"
and
many
"lords"--
8:6 yet
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.
8:7 However,
not
all
possess
this
knowledge.
But
some,
through
former
association
with
idols,
eat
food
as
really
offered
to
an
idol,
and
their
conscience,
being
weak,
is
defiled.
8:8 Food
will
not
commend
us
to
God.
We
are
no
worse
off
if
we
do
not
eat,
and
no
better
off
if
we
do.
8:9 But
take
care
that
this
right
of
yours
does
not
somehow
become
a
stumbling
block
to
the
weak.
8:10 For
if
anyone
sees
you
who
have
knowledge
eating
in
an
idol's
temple,
will
he
not
be
encouraged,
if
his
conscience
is
weak,
to
eat
food
offered
to
idols
8:11 And
so
by
your
knowledge
this
weak
person
is
destroyed,
the
brother
for
whom
Christ
died.
8:12 Thus,
sinning
against
your
brothers
and
wounding
their
conscience
when
it
is
weak,
you
sin
against
Christ.
8:13 Therefore,
if
food
makes
my
brother
stumble,
I
will
never
eat
meat,
lest
I
make
my
brother
stumble.