Ad Corinthios I 8

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 De iis autem quæ idolis sacrificantur, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientia inflat, caritas vero ædificat.	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.
2 Si quis autem se existimat scire aliquid, nondum cognovit quemadmodum oporteat eum scire.	2 If anyone supposes he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 Si quis autem diligit Deum, hic cognitus est ab eo.	3 But if one loves God, one is known by him.
4 De escis autem quæ idolis immolantur, scimus quia nihil est idolum in mundo, et quod nullus est Deus, nisi unus.	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."
5 Nam etsi sunt qui dicantur dii sive in cælo, sive in terra (siquidem sunt dii multi, et domini multi) :	5 Indeed, even though there are so-called gods in heaven and on earth (there are, to be sure, many "gods" and many "lords"),
6 nobis tamen unus est Deus, Pater, ex quo omnia, et nos in illum : et unus Dominus Jesus Christus, per quem omnia, et nos per ipsum.	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.
7 Sed non in omnibus est scientia. Quidam autem cum conscientia usque nunc idoli, quasi idolothytum manducant : et conscientia ipsorum cum sit infirma, polluitur.	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.
8 Esca autem nos non commendat Deo. Neque enim si manducaverimus, abundabimus : neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus.	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.
9 Videte autem ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.	9 But make sure that this liberty of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.
10 Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habet scientiam, in idolio recumbentem : nonne conscientia ejus, cum sit infirma, ædificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta ?	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?
11 Et peribit infirmus in tua scientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est ?	11 Thus through your knowledge, the weak person is brought to destruction, the brother for whom Christ died.
12 Sic autem peccantes in fratres, et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.	12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ.
13 Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in æternum, ne fratrem meum scandalizem.	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.