1 Corinthians 8:1
Now regarding things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2And if any man thinks that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Cross References
Acts 15:19Therefore, my judgment is that we do not trouble those who have turned to God from among the Gentiles:
Acts 21:25As for the Gentiles who believe, we have written with our decision that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.
Romans 12:16Be in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
Romans 14:10Why do you judge your brother? or why do you despise your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.
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 →