1 Coríntios 8
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Comida sacrificada a ídolos
8 E agora, no que diz respeito ao assunto de comer alimentos que tenham sido sacrificados aos ídolos, todos parecemos saber o que está certo. Ainda que a fama de muita sabedoria torne as pessoas importantes, o que é realmente construtivo é o amor. 2 Se alguém pensa que tem a resposta para todas as questões não está mais do que a revelar a sua ignorância. 3 A pessoa que ama a Deus é aquela que Deus conhece.
4 Portanto, quanto a esse assunto, se devemos comer carne sacrificada previamente aos ídolos, nós sabemos que um ídolo não é coisa nenhuma. Só existe um Deus e nenhum outro. 5 Segundo muita gente, existe uma quantidade de deuses, tanto nos céus como na Terra. 6 Contudo, sabemos bem que há um só Deus, o Pai, a quem pertencem todas as coisas, e que nos fez para sermos dele. Também há um só Senhor, Jesus Cristo, que criou igualmente todas as coisas e nos dá a vida.
7 No entanto, alguns cristãos não compreendem isto. Durante toda a sua vida habituaram-se a pensar que a comida oferecida aos ídolos é realmente consagrada a deuses reais. E agora ao comerem tais alimentos isso perturba-os e fere a sua consciência sensível. 8 É verdade que não alcançamos o favor de Deus por aquilo que comemos. Não nos tornamos piores por não comermos, nem melhores por comermos. 9 Mas tenham cuidado ao usarem dessa liberdade de comerem seja do que for, para que não levem a pecar algum irmão cristão cuja consciência seja mais fraca.
10 Vejam o que pode acontecer se um crente fraco, que pensa ser mal comer desse tal alimento, vos vir a comer num templo de ídolos. No fundo, vocês sabem que não há mal nisso, mas ele será encorajado a violar a sua consciência, comendo aquilo que foi sacrificado a um ídolo, embora continuando a sentir que está a agir mal. 11 Dessa maneira, vocês que sabem não haver mal nisso, tornam-se responsáveis pelo dano espiritual causado a esse irmão cuja consciência é fraca, mas por quem Cristo, afinal, também morreu. 12 E pecar contra um irmão vosso, dando-lhe ocasião de fazer algo que pensa ser errado, é pecar contra Cristo. 13 Portanto, se o comer carne que tenha sido consagrada aos ídolos fizer com que o meu irmão em Cristo venha a pecar, nunca mais tomarei desse alimento para não ser uma razão de ele cair.
1 Corinthians 8
New King James Version
Be Sensitive to Conscience
8 Now (A)concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have (B)knowledge. (C)Knowledge [a]puffs up, but love [b]edifies. 2 And (D)if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that (E)an idol is nothing in the world, (F)and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are (G)so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet (H)for us there is one God, the Father, (I)of whom are all things, and we for Him; and (J)one Lord Jesus Christ, (K)through whom are all things, and (L)through whom we live.
7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, (M)with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is (N)defiled. 8 But (O)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.
9 But (P)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become (Q)a [c]stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not (R)the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? 11 And (S)because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But (T)when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, (U)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 makes arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 builds up
- 1 Corinthians 8:9 cause of offense
1 Corinthians 8
New International Version
Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols
8 Now about food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “We all possess knowledge.”(B) But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something(C) do not yet know as they ought to know.(D) 3 But whoever loves God is known by God.[a](E)
4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(F) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(G) and that “There is no God but one.”(H) 5 For even if there are so-called gods,(I) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God,(J) the Father,(K) from whom all things came(L) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(M) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(N) and through whom we live.
7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(O) 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,(P) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(Q) 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(R) to the weak.(S) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(T) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(U) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(V) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(W) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(X)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves truly knows.
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