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1 Corinthians 8:10

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For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

For {G1063} if {G1437} any man {G5100} see {G1492} thee {G4571} which {G3588} hast {G2192} knowledge {G1108} sit at meat {G2621} in {G1722} the idol's temple {G1493}, shall {G3618} not {G3780} the conscience {G4893} of him {G846} which is {G5607} weak {G772} be emboldened {G3618}{G1519} to eat {G2068} those things which are offered to idols {G1494};

You have this “knowledge”; but suppose someone with a weak conscience sees you sitting, eating a meal in the temple of an idol. Won’t he be built up wrongly to eat this food which has been sacrificed to idols?

For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 10:28 (5 votes)

    But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

  • 1 Corinthians 10:29 (5 votes)

    Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?

  • Romans 14:23 (4 votes)

    And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:20 (4 votes)

    But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:21 (4 votes)

    Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.