1 Corinthians 8:4–13

⁴Therefore concerning the eating of ^athings sacrificed to idols, we know that ¹there is ^bno such thing as an idol in the world, and that ^cthere is no God but one.

⁵For even if ^athere are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

⁶yet for us ^athere is but one God, ^bthe Father, ^cfrom whom are all things and we exist for Him; and ^done Lord, Jesus Christ, ^eby whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

⁷However not all men ^ahave this knowledge; but ^bsome, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

⁸But ^afood will not ¹commend us to God; we are neither ²the worse if we do not eat, nor ³the better if we do eat.

⁹But ^atake care that this ¹liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the ^bweak.

¹⁰For if someone sees you, who have ^aknowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat ^bthings sacrificed to idols?

¹¹For through ^ayour knowledge he who is weak ^bis ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

^12aAnd so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin ^bagainst Christ.

¹³Therefore, ^aif food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.