1 Corinthians 8:7-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁷However not all men ^(A)have this knowledge; but ^(B)some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. ⁸But ^(C)food will not ^[a]commend us to God; we are neither ^[b]the worse if we do not eat, nor ^[c]the better if we do eat. ⁹But ^(D)take care that this ^[d]liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the ^(E)weak.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 8:8 Or present
1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit lacking
1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit abounding
1 Corinthians 8:9 Lit right

1 Corinthians 8:7-9

New International Version

⁷But 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. ⁸But food does not bring us near to God;^(C) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

⁹Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block^(D) to the weak.^(E)

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