1 Corinthians 8:1
Now, concerning the idol-sacrifices, we are aware—because we, all, have knowledge,—knowledge, puffeth up, but, love, buildeth up;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he, as he must needs come to know,
Cross References
Numbers 25:2who invited the people unto the sacrifices of their gods,—so the people did eat, and did bow themselves down unto their gods.
Isaiah 47:10And so thou didst trust in thy wickedness, Thou saidst, no one, seeth me, Thy wisdom and knowledge, the same, seduced thee,—Therefore saidst thou in thy heart, I [am], and there is no one besides.
Acts 15:19Wherefore, I, judge, not to be troubling them who, from the nations, are turning unto God;
Acts 21:25But, concerning them of the nations who have believed, we ourselves, sent, deciding that they should be guarding themselves, both as to idol sacrifice, and blood, and what is strangled, and fornication.
Romans 12:16The same thing, one to another regarding,—not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:
Romans 14:10But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto 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 →