1 Corinthians 8
1 To speake of thinges dedicate vnto ydols we are sure that we all have knowledge. knowledge maketh a man swell: bnt love edifieth.
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
2 If eny man thinke that he knoweth eny thinge he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe.
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
3 But yf eny man love god the same is knowen of him.
but if any man loveth God, the same is known of him.
4 To speake of meate dedicat vnto ydols we are sure that ther is none ydoll in the worlde and that ther is none other god but one.
Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no God but one.
5 And though ther be yt are called goddes whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes many and lordes many)
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;
6 yet vnto vs is there but one god which is the father of whom are all thinges and we in him: and one lorde Iesus Christ by whom are all thinges and we by him.
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
7 But every man hath not knowledge. For some suppose that ther is an ydoll vntyll this houre and eate as of a thinge offered vnto ye ydole and so their consciences beynge yet weake are defyled.
Howbeit in all men there is not that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as [of] a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 Meate maketh vs not acceptable to god. Nether yf we eate are we ye better. Nether yf we eate not are we the worsse.
But meat will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
9 But take hede that youre libertie cause not ye weake to faule.
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.
10 For yf some man se ye which hast knowledge sit at meate in the ydoles teple shall not the conscience of hym which is weake be boldened to eate those thinges which are offered vnto ye ydole?
For if a man see thee which hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
11 And so thorow thy knowledge shall ye weake brother perisshe for whom christ dyed.
For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
12 Whe ye synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake consciences ye synne agaynst Christ.
And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.
