1 Corinthians 8

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1 Corinthians 8:1

AMP: Now about food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge [concerning this]. Knowledge [alone] makes [people self-righteously] arrogant, but love [that unselfishly seeks the best for others] builds up and encourages others to grow [in wisdom].

ASV: Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

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

DARBY: But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

DRA: Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up; but charity edifieth.

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

1 Corinthians 8:2

AMP: If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything [of divine matters, without love], he has not yet known as he ought to know.

ASV: If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

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

DARBY: If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].

DRA: And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.

KJV: And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

1 Corinthians 8:3

AMP: But if anyone loves God [with awe-filled reverence, obedience and gratitude], he is known by Him [as His very own and is greatly loved].

ASV: but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

BSB: But the one who loves God is known by God.

DARBY: But if any one love God, *he* is known of him):

DRA: But if any any love God, the same is known by him.

KJV: But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

1 Corinthians 8:4

AMP: In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world [it has no real existence], and that there is no God but one. [Deut 6:4]

ASV: Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no God but one.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in [the] world, and that there [is] no other God save one.

DRA: But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

KJV: 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 8:5

AMP: For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

ASV: For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

BSB: For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

DARBY: For and if indeed there are [those] called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)

DRA: For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many);

KJV: For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

1 Corinthians 8:6

AMP: yet for us there is but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things [that have been created], and we [believers exist and have life and have been redeemed] through Him. [Mal 2:10]

ASV: yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

BSB: yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

DARBY: yet to us [there is] one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and *we* by him.

DRA: Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

KJV: But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

1 Corinthians 8:7

AMP: However, not all [believers] have this knowledge. But some, being accustomed [throughout their lives] to [thinking of] the idol until now [as real and living], still eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and because their conscience is weak, it is defiled (guilty, ashamed).

ASV: Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as [of] a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: But 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.

DRA: But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this present, with conscience of the idol: eat as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

KJV: 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.

1 Corinthians 8:8

AMP: Now food will not commend us to God nor bring us close to Him; we are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better if we do eat.

ASV: But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

BSB: But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

DARBY: But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.

DRA: But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.

KJV: But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

1 Corinthians 8:9

AMP: Only be careful that this liberty of yours [this power to choose] does not somehow become a stumbling block [that is, a temptation to sin] to the weak [in conscience].

ASV: But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

BSB: Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

DARBY: But see lest anywise this your right [to eat] itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.

DRA: But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.

KJV: But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

1 Corinthians 8:10

AMP: For if someone sees you, a person having knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, then if he is weak, will he not be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols [and violate his own convictions]?

ASV: 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?

BSB: 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?

DARBY: For 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?

DRA: For if a man see him that hath knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not his conscience, being weak, be emboldened to eat those things which are sacrificed to idols ?

KJV: 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;

1 Corinthians 8:11

AMP: For through your knowledge (spiritual maturity) this weak man is ruined [that is, he suffers in his spiritual life], the brother for whom Christ died.

ASV: For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

BSB: So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

DARBY: and the weak [one], the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.

DRA: And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died ?

KJV: And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

1 Corinthians 8:12

AMP: And when you sin against the brothers and sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience [by confusing them], you sin against Christ.

ASV: And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.

BSB: By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

DARBY: Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

DRA: Now when you sin thus against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

KJV: But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:13

AMP: Therefore, if [my eating a certain] food causes my brother to stumble (sin), I will not eat [such] meat ever again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

ASV: Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

BSB: Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

DARBY: Wherefore 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.

DRA: Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother.

KJV: Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

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