1 Corinthians 8:7-8

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.

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1 Corinthians 8:7-8

International Standard Version

⁷But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idolatry that when they eat food that has been offered to an idol, their conscience becomes contaminated because it is weak. ⁸However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol,^[a] and no better off if we do.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 8:8 The Gk. lacks food that has been offered to an idol

1 Corinthians 8:7-8

King James Version

⁷Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

⁸But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

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