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It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.(A) “Food will not bring us close to God.”[a] We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.(B)

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  1. 8.8 The quotation may extend to the end of the verse

However, not all people (A)have this knowledge; but (B)some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Now (C)food will not bring us [a]close to God; we are neither [b]the worse if we do not eat, nor [c]the better if we do eat.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Or before God
  2. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit lacking
  3. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit abounding