1 Corinthians 8

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1 Now in regard to meat sacrificed to idols: we realize that "all of us have knowledge"; knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.	1 De idolothytis autem, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientiainflat, caritas vero aedificat.
2 If anyone supposes he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.	2 Si quis se existimat scire aliquid, nondumcognovit, quemadmodum oporteat eum scire;
3 But if one loves God, one is known by him.	3 si quis autem diligit Deum, hiccognitus est ab eo.
4 So about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols: we know that "there is no idol in the world," and that "there is no God but one."	4 De esu igitur idolothytorum, scimus quia nullum idolum estin mundo, et quod nullus deus nisi Unus.
5 Indeed, even though there are so-called gods in heaven and on earth (there are, to be sure, many "gods" and many "lords"),	5 Nam et si sunt, qui dicantur dii sivein caelo sive in terra, si quidem sunt dii multi et domini multi,
6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist.	6 nobis tamenunus Deus Pater, ex quo omnia et nos in illum, et unus Dominus Iesus Christus,per quem omnia et nos per ipsum.
7 But not all have this knowledge. There are some who have been so used to idolatry up until now that, when they eat meat sacrificed to idols, their conscience, which is weak, is defiled.	7 Sed non in omnibus est scientia; quidam autem consuetudine usque nunc idoliquasi idolothytum manducant, et conscientia ipsorum, cum sit infirma, polluitur.
8 Now food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better off if we do.	8 Esca autem nos non commendat Deo; neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus,neque si manducaverimus, abundabimus.
9 But make sure that this liberty of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.	9 Videte autem, ne forte haec licentiavestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.
10 If someone sees you, with your knowledge, reclining at table in the temple of an idol, may not his conscience too, weak as it is, be "built up" to eat the meat sacrificed to idols?	10 Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habetscientiam, in idolio recumbentem, nonne conscientia eius, cum sit infirma,aedificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta?
11 Thus through your knowledge, the weak person is brought to destruction, the brother for whom Christ died.	11 Peribit enim infirmus in tuascientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est!
12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ.	12 Sic autem peccantes infratres et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.
13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause my brother to sin.	13 Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in aeternum,ne fratrem meum scandalizem.