1 Corinthians 8
New English Translation
Food Sacrificed to Idols
8 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.”[a] Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know. 3 But if someone loves God, he[b] is known by God.[c]
4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol in this world is nothing,” and that “there is no God but one.”[d] 5 If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.[e]
7 But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled. 8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do. 9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be “strengthened”[f] to eat food offered to idols? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister,[g] for whom Christ died, is destroyed.[h] 12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters[i] in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them[j] to sin.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 sn “We all have knowledge.” Here and in v. 4 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3 tn Grk “this one.”
- 1 Corinthians 8:3 tn Grk “him”; in the translation the most likely referent (God) has been specified for clarity.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4 sn “An idol in this world is nothing” and “There is no God but one.” Here and in v. 1 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 tn Grk “through whom [are] all things and we [are] through him.”
- 1 Corinthians 8:10 tn Or “built up”; This is the same word used in v. 1b. It is used ironically here: The weak person is “built up” to commit what he regards as sin.
- 1 Corinthians 8:11 tn Grk “the one who is weak…the brother for whom Christ died,” but see note on the word “Christian” in 5:11.
- 1 Corinthians 8:11 tn This may be an indirect middle, “destroys himself.”
- 1 Corinthians 8:12 tn See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13 tn Grk “my brother.” Both “my brother or sister” earlier in the verse and “one of them” here translate the same Greek phrase. Since the same expression occurs in the previous line, a pronoun phrase is substituted here to suit English style, which is less tolerant of such repetition.
Tnejil Tuˈj Pabl kye Nimil aj Corint 8
Mam, Central
Ajo chibˈj, a nxi qˈoyit kywutzjo kywutzbˈiyil dios
8 Atzin jaˈlin, tzaj kytzˈibˈiˈn weˈy tiˈj qa wen tuˈn kychyoˈn tchibˈjil aluˈmj, a kubˈ bˈyoˈn toj kybˈi kywutzbˈiyil dios. Kxel nqˈmaˈn jun tumil te nukˈbˈil kyeˈy. Twutzx kye kyuˈn qa qkyaqilx at qnabˈl tibˈajjo luˈn. Me a kynabˈla lo, a nchi nimsin kyibˈa tukˈa; nya toj tumil taˈye. Me metzin tetz tumil, tuˈn tten jun qkˈuˈjbˈil qibˈ qxolile, tuˈn qchˈiy, tzeˈnku taj Dios. 2 A qˈuqlek tkˈuˈj tiˈjjo a n‑el tnikyˈ te, nya tumil taˈye tnabˈl twutz Dios. 3 Me metzin teˈ, a n‑ok kˈuˈjlin kye txqantl, apente toj tumil taˈye tnabˈljo.
4 Atzin tumil tiˈjjo chibˈj kubˈnin kywutz twutzbˈiyil ntiˈ tajbˈin, quˈn ayetziˈn twutzbˈiyil ntiˈ kyoklin tzaluˈn twutz txˈotxˈ, quˈn ntiˈ juntl te Dios, qalaˈ oˈkxjo jun, a ojtzqiˈn quˈn. 5 Twutzx tetz qa toj kywutzxjal, ilaˈku dios twutz txˈotxˈ, ex toj kyaˈj, quˈn ilaˈ kybˈaj dios kye xjal ex ilaˈ kyajaw. 6 Me metzin qetz, ntiˈ juntl dios, qa nya oˈkxjo Dios, a qMan, a ttxuyil tkyaqil, ex noq te, ok qo ajbˈila. Ex junchˈinx qAjaw, a Jesucrist, a kubˈ bˈinchinte tkyaqil, ex noq tuˈn, nqo anqˈine.
7 Nya tkyaqil nimil qxol, ma tzˈel tnikyˈ te lo. Quˈn nkubˈ kyximin tiˈjjo kybˈinchbˈin ojtxe, qa tuˈn kychyoˈn a tchibˈjil aluˈmj, a kubˈnin kywutzjo kywutzbˈiyil dios, nkubˈ kyximin qa ma kuˈx kyil. 8 Me twutzx tetz, qa nya tuˈn qwa, ma qo ele wen twutz qMan Dios. Quˈn qa ma txi qchyoˈn ex qa mina, ntiˈ tajbˈinjo lo twutz Dios.
9 Twutzx tetz qa tzaqpiˈnqo tuˈn t‑xi qchyoˈn chibˈj anetziˈn. Me kykaˈyinktzin kyibˈa, tuˈn mi jaw tzˈaq jun nimil, a naˈm tweˈ wen toj tnimbˈil noq tuˈn kypaja, aj t‑xi kychyoˈn. 10 Quˈn aku bˈaj ikyjo; qa nxi kychyoˈn tchibˈjil aluˈmj, a otaq kubˈ kywutzjo kywutzbˈiyil toj tja kydiosxjal, exsin qa atkutaq jun nimil nkaˈyin kyiˈja, a naˈmxix tweˈ toj tnimbˈil; exsin qa xkubˈ tbˈinchinkutaq tzeˈnkuˈ kyeˈ, exsin bˈalaqa ntiˈtaq bˈisin tuˈn ikyjo. Me noq tuˈn s‑ok tkaˈyin kyiˈja ikyjo, ja xkubˈe tzˈaqe te jun majx toj il. 11 Me tuˈnpetziˈn xkyim Crist, tuˈn tkletjo a neˈẍ toj tnimbˈil lo, me atzin kyeˈ, noq tuˈn tpajjo noq chˈin kynabˈla, knajileˈ kyermana te jun majx. 12 Quˈn qa noq tuˈn kypaja, kchi jawile tzˈaq kyermana, ma kuˈx kyila ikyjo twutz Crist. 13 Tuˈnpetziˈn, qa noq tuˈn tpajjo nnikyˈbˈila, aku kubˈ tzˈaq juntl nimil, bˈaˈntz tuˈn mi t‑xi nnikyˈbˈinjiˈy chibˈj ikyjo, tuˈntzin mina chin okiˈy tzeˈnku jun tze, ja tuˈn tja tolpaje jun wermana toj tchwinqil.
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