Verse 8
1 Corinthians 8:8
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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But food commendeth us not to God (Elohim): for neither, if we eat, are we the better; nor, if we eat not, are we the worse.
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
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Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up,...
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And if any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not anything 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 t...
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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, with conscience of the idol until now, eat...
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But food commendeth us not to God (Elohim): for neither, if we eat, are we the better; nor, if we ea...
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But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak...
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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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And through thy knowledge shall the brother that is weak perish, for whose sake Christ died?
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And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin agains...
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Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh forevermore, that I cause not...
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