Ad Corinthios I 8

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 De iis autem quæ idolis sacrificantur, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientia inflat, caritas vero ædificat.	1 Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity builds up.
2 Si quis autem se existimat scire aliquid, nondum cognovit quemadmodum oporteat eum scire.	2 But if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know.
3 Si quis autem diligit Deum, hic cognitus est ab eo.	3 For if anyone loves God, he 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 But as to the foods that are immolated to idols, we know that an idol in the world is nothing, and that no one is God, except One.
5 Nam etsi sunt qui dicantur dii sive in cælo, sive in terra (siquidem sunt dii multi, et domini multi) :	5 For although there are things that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (if one even considers there to be 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 we know that there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things are, and in whom we are, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and by whom we are.
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 knowledge is not in everyone. For some persons, even now, with consent to an idol, eat what has been sacrificed to an idol. And their conscience, being infirm, becomes polluted.
8 Esca autem nos non commendat Deo. Neque enim si manducaverimus, abundabimus : neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus.	8 Yet food does not commend us to God. For if we eat, we will not have more, and if we do not eat, we will not have less.
9 Videte autem ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.	9 But be careful not to let your liberty become a cause of sin to those who are weak.
10 Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habet scientiam, in idolio recumbentem : nonne conscientia ejus, cum sit infirma, ædificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta ?	10 For if anyone sees someone with knowledge sitting down to eat in idolatry, will not his own conscience, being infirm, be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols?
11 Et peribit infirmus in tua scientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est ?	11 And should an infirm brother perish by your knowledge, even though Christ died for him?
12 Sic autem peccantes in fratres, et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.	12 So when you sin in this way against the brothers, and you harm their weakened conscience, then you sin against Christ.
13 Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in æternum, ne fratrem meum scandalizem.	13 Because of this, if food leads my brother to sin, I will never eat meat, lest I lead my brother to sin.