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1 Corinthians 8:7-9
Lexham English Bible
1 Corinthians 8:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 But this knowledge is not in everyone. But some, being accustomed until now to the idol, eat this food as food sacrificed to idols, and their conscience, because it[a] is weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us close to God. For neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack.[b] 9 But watch out lest somehow this right of yours becomes a cause for stumbling to the weak.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:7 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as causal
- 1 Corinthians 8:8 Some manuscripts omit “For” and have “Neither if we do not eat do we lack, nor if we do eat do we have more”
1 Corinthians 8:7-9
New International Version
1 Corinthians 8:7-9
New International Version
7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(A) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(B) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(C) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(D) to the weak.(E)
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