1 Corinthians 8:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as [of] a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

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  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. 10 For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
  • 1 Cor 10:28-29 : 28 But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake: 29 conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
  • Rom 14:22-23 : 22 The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth. 23 But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
  • 1 Cor 1:10-11 : 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them [that are of the household] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

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  • 1 Cor 8:8-13
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    86%

    8But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

    9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

    10For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

    11For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

    12And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.

    13Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

  • 1 Cor 8:1-6
    6 verses
    79%

    1Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

    2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

    3but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

    4Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no God but one.

    5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

    6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

  • 1 Cor 10:27-29
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    77%

    27If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.

    28But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

    29conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

  • Rom 14:20-23
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    20Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

    21It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby thy brother stumbleth.

    22The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.

    23But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

  • Rom 14:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1But him that is weak in faith receive ye, [yet] not for decision of scruples.

    2One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

    3Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

  • Rom 14:13-15
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    72%

    13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.

    14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

    15For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
    72%

    25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake,

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

  • 1 Cor 10:18-19
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    18Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?

    19What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

  • 1 Cor 10:7
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    7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

  • Rom 14:5-6
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    5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike] . Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

    6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

  • Gal 4:8
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    8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

  • Mark 7:18-19
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    18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;

    19because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
    68%

    34Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

  • 1 Cor 12:2
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    2Ye know that when ye were Gentiles [ye were] led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might led.

  • Rom 2:15
    67%

    15in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing [them] );

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
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    16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

    17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

  • Acts 21:25
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    25But as touching the Gentiles that have believed, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.

  • Acts 15:20
    67%

    20but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

  • Heb 13:10
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    10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.

  • 1 Cor 6:11-13
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    11And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

    12All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

    13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • Rom 10:2
    66%

    2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

  • Acts 15:29
    66%

    29that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.