Verse 8
1 Corinthians 8:8
American Standard Version
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But food will not commend us to God (Elohim): neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
Original Language Text
greek
βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ ⸀παραστήσει τῷ θεῷ· οὔτε ⸂γὰρ ἐὰν φάγωμεν, περισσεύομεν, οὔτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν, ὑστερούμεθα⸃.
English Translation
Food will not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up,...
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If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
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but if any man loveth God (Elohim), the same is known by him.
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Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in...
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5
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and...
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yet to us there is one God (Elohim), the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lo...
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Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as [...
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8
But food will not commend us to God (Elohim): neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we e...
9
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.
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10
For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol`s temple, will not his conscienc...
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For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
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12
And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin agains...
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13
Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not...
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