1 Corinthians 8:1

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

3 But the one who loves God is known by God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
KJV
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
WEB
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
ASV
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
DARBY
But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
BLB
Now concerning the [things] sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
ÅB
Men angående avgudsofferne så vet vi at vi alle har kunnskap. Kunnskapen blåser opp, men kjærligheten bygger opp;
OTB
Når det gjelder mat ofret til avguder, vet vi at vi alle har kunnskap. Kunnskap gjør en innbilsk, men kjærlighet oppbygger.
B1930
Men vedkommende avgudsofferne, da vet vi at vi alle har kunnskap. Kunnskapen opblåser, men kjærligheten opbygger;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 8:7

    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

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  • Isaiah 5:21

    Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

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  • Romans 14:3

    The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:4

    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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  • Revelation 2:14

    But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

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  • Romans 15:14

    I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:2

    The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:34

    Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

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