1 Corinthians 8:1
And concerning sacrifices to idols, we know, that in all of us there is knowledge; and knowledge inflateth, but love edifieth.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2And if any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know it.
Cross References
Acts 15:19Therefore I say to you, let them not crush those who from among the Gentiles have turned unto God.
Acts 21:25As to those of the Gentiles who have believed, we have written, that they should keep themselves from an idol's sacrifice, and from whoredom, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
Romans 12:16What estimation ye make of yourselves, make also of your brethren. And indulge not high thoughts; but unite yourselves with the lowly minded. And be not wise in your own estimation.
Romans 14:10But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we must all stand before the judgment seat of Messiah,
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 →