1 Corinthians 8:1
RESPECTING the sacrifices of idols, we know that in all of us there is knowledge; and knowledge inflateth, but love buildeth up.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2But if a man think that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet as it behoves him to know:
Cross References
Acts 15:19On this account I say, that we should not molest those who from the Gentiles have been converted unto Aloha;
Acts 21:25Concerning those of the Gentiles who believe, we wrote that they should keep themselves from sacrifices, and from fornication, and from the strangled, and from blood.
Romans 12:16And what you think of yourselves, (that) also think of your brethren; nor think with a high mind, but incline to them who are humble; and be not wise in the conceit of your own mind.
Romans 14:10Or thou, also, why despisest thou thy brother? For we shall all stand before the tribunal of the Meshiha:
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 8:1
The apostle, in this chapter, answers another case proposed to him by some of the Corinthians, about eating those things that had been sacrificed to idols. I. He hints at the occasion of this case, and gives a caution against too high an esteem of their knowledge, ver. 1-3 . II. He asserts the vanity of idols, the unity of the Godhead, and the sole mediation of Christ between God and man, ver. 4-6 . III. He tells them that upon supposition that it were lawful in itself to eat of things offered to idols (for that… Read the whole commentary →