1 Corinthians 8:10

For if any one sees thee, who hast knowledge, reclining at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat the things offered to idols?

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

In Context

9But take heed, lest haply this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.

11And through thy knowledge he that is weak perishes, the brother for whom Christ died!

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Cross References

Romans 14:14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; but to him that accounts anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

1 Corinthians 8:1NOW concerning the things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

1 Corinthians 8:7But there is not in all men this knowledge; for some, with a consciousness till now of the idol, eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

1 Corinthians 10:28But if any one say to you: This is a thing sacrificed to a god, eat it not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience' sake.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 8:8-13

On Eating Things Offered to Idols. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at… Read the whole commentary →

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