1 Corinthians 8
1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
περι δε των ειδωλοθυτων οιδαμεν οτι παντεσ γνωσιν εχομεν η γνωσισ φυσιοι η δε αγαπη οικοδομει
2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
ει δε τισ δοκει ειδεναι τι ουδεπω ουδεν εγνωκεν καθωσ δει γνωναι
3 But anyone who loves God is known by him.
ει δε τισ αγαπα τον θεον ουτοσ εγνωσται υπ αυτου
4 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
περι τησ βρωσεωσ ουν των ειδωλοθυτων οιδαμεν οτι ουδεν ειδωλον εν κοσμω και οτι ουδεισ θεοσ ετεροσ ει μη εισ
5 For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
και γαρ ειπερ εισιν λεγομενοι θεοι ειτε εν ουρανω ειτε επι γησ ωσπερ εισιν θεοι πολλοι και κυριοι πολλοι
6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
αλλ ημιν εισ θεοσ ο πατηρ εξ ου τα παντα και ημεισ εισ αυτον και εισ κυριοσ ιησουσ χριστοσ δι ου τα παντα και ημεισ δι αυτου
7 However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of an idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
αλλ ουκ εν πασιν η γνωσισ τινεσ δε τη συνειδησει του ειδωλου εωσ αρτι ωσ ειδωλοθυτον εσθιουσιν και η συνειδησισ αυτων ασθενησ ουσα μολυνεται
8 But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.
βρωμα δε ημασ ου παριστησιν τω θεω ουτε γαρ εαν φαγωμεν περισσευομεν ουτε εαν μη φαγωμεν υστερουμεθα
9 But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
βλεπετε δε μηπωσ η εξουσια υμων αυτη προσκομμα γενηται τοισ ασθενουσιν
10 For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
εαν γαρ τισ ιδη σε τον εχοντα γνωσιν εν ειδωλειω κατακειμενον ουχι η συνειδησισ αυτου ασθενουσ οντοσ οικοδομηθησεται εισ το τα ειδωλοθυτα εσθιειν
11 And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
και απολειται ο ασθενων αδελφοσ επι τη ση γνωσει δι ον χριστοσ απεθανεν
12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
ουτωσ δε αμαρτανοντεσ εισ τουσ αδελφουσ και τυπτοντεσ αυτων την συνειδησιν ασθενουσαν εισ χριστον αμαρτανετε
