1 Corinthians 8:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Howbeit [there is] not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat [it] as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

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  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing 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 them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
  • 1 Cor 10:28-29 : 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?
  • Rom 14:22-23 : 22 Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.
  • 1 Cor 1:10-11 : 10 ¶ Now I beseech you, brethren, by 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 perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them [which are of the house] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

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  • 1 Cor 8:8-13
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    86%

    8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

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

    10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

    11And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

    12But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

    13Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

  • 1 Cor 8:1-6
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    79%

    1¶ Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

    2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

    3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

    4¶ As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.

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

    6But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.

  • 1 Cor 10:27-29
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    27If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

    28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

    29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?

  • Rom 14:20-23
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    20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.

    21[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

    22Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

    23And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.

  • Rom 14:1-3
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    1¶ Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.

    2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

    3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

  • Rom 14:13-15
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    13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.

    14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.

    15But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
    72%

    25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, [that] eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

  • Titus 1:15
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    15Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

  • 1 Cor 10:18-19
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    18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

    19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

  • 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 every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

    6He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

  • Gal 4:8
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    8¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

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

    19‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

  • 1 Cor 12:2
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    2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

  • Rom 2:15
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    15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

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

    17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.

  • Acts 21:25
    67%

    25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written [and] concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

  • Acts 15:20
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    20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.

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

  • 1 Cor 6:11-13
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    66%

    11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

    12¶ All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not 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 destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of 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 hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

  • Acts 15:29
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    29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.