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1 Corintios 8
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1 Corintios 8
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No hagamos pecar a los más débiles
8 Ahora quiero responder a lo que me preguntaron acerca de los alimentos ofrecidos a los ídolos. Todos nosotros sabemos algo acerca de esto. Sin embargo, debemos reconocer que el conocimiento nos vuelve orgullosos, mientras que el amor fortalece nuestra vida cristiana. 2 Sin duda, el que cree que sabe mucho, en realidad no sabe nada. 3 Pero Dios reconoce a todo aquel que lo ama.
4 En cuanto a esto de comer alimentos ofrecidos a los ídolos, bien sabemos que los ídolos no tienen vida, y que solamente hay un Dios. 5 Algunos llaman dioses o señores a muchas cosas que hay en el cielo y en la tierra. 6 Sin embargo, para nosotros sólo hay un Dios, que es el Padre. Él creó todas las cosas, y nosotros vivimos para él. También hay sólo un Señor, que es Jesucristo. Dios creó todo por medio de él, y gracias a él nosotros vivimos ahora.
7 No todos saben estas cosas. Antes de creer en Cristo, algunos de ustedes adoraban ídolos, y todavía creen que esos ídolos tienen vida. Por eso, cuando comen alimentos que fueron ofrecidos a los ídolos, les remuerde la conciencia y se sienten culpables. 8 Pero nuestra relación con Dios no va a ser mejor o peor por causa de los alimentos que comamos. 9 Sin embargo, aunque tengamos derecho a comer de todo, debemos tener cuidado de no causarles problemas a los miembros de la iglesia que todavía no están debidamente instruidos. 10-11 Supongamos que uno de ustedes va a comer a un lugar donde se adora a los ídolos, y que lo ve algún miembro de la iglesia que todavía cree que los ídolos tienen vida. Entonces, aunque bien sabemos que los ídolos no tienen vida, aquel miembro de la iglesia va a pensar que está bien adorar ídolos, y dejará de creer en Cristo, quien murió por él. 12 Cuando le hacemos daño a los miembros de la iglesia que no saben distinguir entre lo bueno y lo malo, también le hacemos daño a Cristo. 13 Por eso yo jamás voy a comer algo, si por comerlo hago que un miembro de la iglesia peque.
1 Corinthians 8
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1 Corinthians 8
Expanded Bible
About Food Offered to Idols
8 Now ·I will write about [or concerning your question about; L concerning; see 7:1; 12:1; 16:1] meat that is sacrificed to idols. We know that “we all have knowledge [C probably a slogan used by the Corinthians; see 6:12, 13; 7:1; 8:4; 10:23].” Knowledge puffs you up with pride, but love builds up. 2 If you think you know something, you do not yet know as ·well as you should [L you ought to know]. 3 But if any person loves God, that person is known by God.
4 So ·this is what I say about [L concerning] eating meat sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know there is ·only one God [no God but one; Deut. 4:35, 39; C these may be other slogans the church was using to justify their behavior; see v. 1]. 5 Even though there are things called gods, in heaven or on earth (and there are many “gods” and “lords”), 6 for us there is only one God—the Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord—Jesus Christ. All things were made through him, and we also ·were made [exist; live] through him.
7 But not all people know this. Some people are still so used to idols that when they eat meat, they still think of it as being sacrificed to an idol. Because their conscience is weak, when they eat it, ·they feel guilty [L their conscience is defiled]. 8 But food will not ·bring us closer [make us acceptable] to God. Refusing to eat does not make us ·less pleasing to God [any worse; L lacking], and eating does not make us ·better in God’s sight [any better; L abounding].
9 But be careful that ·your freedom [this right/authority of yours] does not ·cause those who are weak in faith to fall into sin [L become a stumbling block to the weak]. 10 Suppose one of you who has knowledge eats in an idol’s temple. Someone who ·is weak in faith [or has a weak conscience] might see you eating there and be ·encouraged [enboldened] to eat meat sacrificed to idols ·while thinking it is wrong to do so [or as a result of his weak conscience]. 11 This weak ·believer [L brother] for whom Christ died is ·ruined [destroyed] because of your “knowledge.” 12 When you sin against your brothers and sisters in Christ like this and ·cause them to do what they feel is wrong [L wound their weak conscience], you are also sinning against Christ. 13 So if the food I eat causes them to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again so that I will not cause any of them to ·sin [stumble; fall into sin].
1 Corinthians 8
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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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