Prima lettera ai Corinzi 8

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 De idolothytis autem, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientiainflat, caritas vero aedificat.	1 Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up; but charity edifieth.
2 Si quis se existimat scire aliquid, nondumcognovit, quemadmodum oporteat eum scire;	2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.
3 si quis autem diligit Deum, hiccognitus est ab eo.	3 But if any any love God, the same is known by him.
4 De esu igitur idolothytorum, scimus quia nullum idolum estin mundo, et quod nullus deus nisi Unus.	4 But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
5 Nam et si sunt, qui dicantur dii sivein caelo sive in terra, si quidem sunt dii multi et domini multi,	5 For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many);
6 nobis tamenunus Deus Pater, ex quo omnia et nos in illum, et unus Dominus Iesus Christus,per quem omnia et nos per ipsum.	6 Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 Sed non in omnibus est scientia; quidam autem consuetudine usque nunc idoliquasi idolothytum manducant, et conscientia ipsorum, cum sit infirma, polluitur.	7 But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this present, with conscience of the idol: eat as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 Esca autem nos non commendat Deo; neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus,neque si manducaverimus, abundabimus.	8 But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.
9 Videte autem, ne forte haec licentiavestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.	9 But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.
10 Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habetscientiam, in idolio recumbentem, nonne conscientia eius, cum sit infirma,aedificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta?	10 For if a man see him that hath knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not his conscience, being weak, be emboldened to eat those things which are sacrificed to idols ?
11 Peribit enim infirmus in tuascientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est!	11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died ?
12 Sic autem peccantes infratres et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.	12 Now when you sin thus against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13 Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in aeternum,ne fratrem meum scandalizem.	13 Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother.