However, 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.

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The Law of Love

14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus (A)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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28 But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it (A)for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake; [a]for (B)“the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.” 29 “Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other. For (C)why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:28 NU omits the rest of v. 28.

But (A)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become (B)a [a]stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not (C)the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 8:9 cause of offense

22 [a]Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. (A)Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for (B)whatever is not from faith is [b]sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:22 NU The faith which you have—have
  2. Romans 14:23 M puts Rom. 16:25–27 here.

Sectarianism Is Sin

10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that you all [a]speak the same thing, and that there be no [b]divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are [c]contentions among you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Have a uniform testimony
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:10 schisms or dissensions
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:11 quarrels

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