1 Corinthians 8:7-9

New King James Version

⁷However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, ^(A)with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is ^(B)defiled. ⁸But ^(C)food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.

⁹But ^(D)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become ^(E)a ^[a]stumbling block to those who are weak.

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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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