1 Corinthians 8:1
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Read in contextRomans 14:3
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:4
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Read in contextRevelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Read in contextRomans 15:14
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
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