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| 1 Now, concerning the idol-sacrifices, we are aware–because we, all, have knowledge,–knowledge, puffeth up, but, love, buildeth up; |
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| 2 If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he, as he must needs come to know, |
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| 3 But, if anyone loveth God, the same, is known of him– |
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| 4 Concerning, then, the eating of idol-sacrifices, we are aware–that an idol is, nothing, in the world, and that, none, is God save one. |
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| 5 For, if indeed there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth,–as indeed there are gods many and lords many, |
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| 6 [Yet], to us, there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and, we, for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and, we, through him. |
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| 7 Howbeit, not in all, is the knowledge; but, some, by their familiarity, until even now, with the idol, as an idol-sacrifice, eat it, and, their conscience, being, weak, is defiled. |
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| 8 Food, indeed, will not commend us unto God,–neither, if we eat not, do we lack, nor, if we eat, do we abound. |
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| 9 But be taking heed, lest, by any means, your right, itself, become, an occasion of stumbling, unto the weak; |
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| 10 For, if anyone should see [thee] who hast knowledge, in an idol-temple, reclining, will not, his conscience, being, weak, be built up for the eating of the idol-sacrifices? |
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| 11 In fact, he that is weak, is being destroyed, by thy knowledge–the brother for whose sake Christ died. |
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| 12 But, in thus sinning against the brethren am wounding their conscience, seeing it is weak, against Christ, are ye sinning. |
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| 13 Therefore, if food is an occasion of stumbling unto my brother, in nowise will I eat flesh unto the age that abideth,–that, I may not occasion, my brother, to stumble. |
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