de
Now
Peri
about
tōn
[food]
eidōlothytōn
sacrificed to idols :
oidamen
We know
hoti
that
pantes
vvv
echomen
we all have
gnōsin
knowledge .
hē
-
gnōsis
Knowledge
physioi
puffs up ,
but
agapē
love
oikodomei
builds up .
ei
tis
The one who
dokei
thinks
egnōkenai
he knows
ti
something
oupō
egnō
does not yet know
kathōs
as
dei
he ought
gnōnai
to know .
But
the one who
agapa
loves
ton
Theon
God
houtos
egnōstai
is known
hyp’
by
autou
[God] .
oun
So
tēs
brōseōs
eating
food sacrificed to idols :
eidōlon
an idol
ouden
[is] nothing at all
en
in
kosmō
[the] world ,
kai
and
oudeis
[there is] no
Theos
mē
. . .
heis
one .
gar
For
even
eiper
if
eisin
there are
legomenoi
so-called
theoi
gods ,
eite
whether
ouranō
heaven
or
epi
on
gēs
earth
hōsper
(as
polloi
many [ so-called ]
gods
kyrioi
lords ),
all’
yet
hēmin
for us
[ there is but ] one
God ,
ho
the
Patēr
Father ,
ex
from
hou
whom
panta
all
ta
things [came]
eis
for
auton
[whom]
hēmeis
we [exist] .
And [ there is but ]
one
Kyrios
Lord ,
Iēsous
Jesus
Christos
Christ ,
di’
through
All’
ouk
not
pasin
everyone
[has]
this
tines
Some
tē
[people]
synētheia
are still so accustomed
heōs
arti
tou
eidōlou
to idols
esthiousin
[that] they eat [such food]
hōs
as if
eidōlothyton
it were sacrificed to an idol .
And
autōn
[since] their
syneidēsis
conscience
ousa
is
asthenēs
weak ,
molynetai
it is defiled .
brōma
food
ou
parastēsei
does not bring us closer
hēmas
tō
to
Theō
God :
oute
hysteroumetha
We are no worse
ean
phagōmen
we do not eat ,
[and]
no
perisseuomen
[better]
we do .
Blepete
Be careful ,
however ,
hautē
[that]
hymōn
your
exousia
freedom
pōs
genētai
does not become
proskomma
a stumbling block
tois
to the
asthenesin
weak .
someone
[with]
asthenous
a weak
idē
sees
se
you
who
echonta
are well informed
katakeimenon
eidōleiō
an idol’s temple ,
ouchi
{will he} not
ontos
be
oikodomēthēsetai
encouraged
esthiein
eat
eidōlothyta
sacrificed to idols ?
[So]
[this]
asthenōn
weak
adelphos
brother ,
hon
Christ
apethanen
died ,
apollytai
is destroyed
sē
gnōsei
hamartanontes
By sinning
against
tous
[your]
adelphous
brothers
houtōs
in this way
typtontes
wounding
their
asthenousan
tēn
syneidēsin
conscience ,
hamartanete
you sin
Christon
Christ .
Dioper
Therefore ,
[what I eat]
skandalizei
causes
mou
my
adelphon
brother {to stumble} ,
phagō
I will never eat
krea
meat
aiōna
[again] ,
hina
so that
skandalisō
I will not cause
[him] {to stumble} .