1 Corinthians 8:7

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But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

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  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?
  • 1 Cor 10:28-29 : 28 But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience– 29 I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
  • Rom 14:22-23 : 22 The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves. 23 But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.
  • 1 Cor 1:10-11 : 10 Divisions in the Church I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose. 11 For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.

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  • 1 Cor 8:8-13
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    8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

    9But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

    10For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?

    11So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

    12If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

    13For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

  • 1 Cor 8:1-6
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    1Food Sacrificed to Idols With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that“we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

    2If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.

    3But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

    4With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”

    5If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth(as there are many gods and many lords),

    6yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.

  • 1 Cor 10:27-29
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    27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

    28But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–

    29I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

  • Rom 14:20-23
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

    22The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

    23But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.

  • Rom 14:1-3
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    1Exhortation to Mutual Forbearance Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

    2One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.

    3The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

  • Rom 14:13-15
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    13Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

    14I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

    15For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

  • Titus 1:15
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    15All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

  • 1 Cor 10:18-19
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    18Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

    19Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

  • 1 Cor 10:7
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    7So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. 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 person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

    6The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

  • Gal 4:8
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    8Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.

  • Mark 7:18-19
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    18He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.”(This means all foods are clean.)

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God– I say this to your shame!

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

  • 1 Cor 12:2
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    2You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

  • Rom 2:15
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    15They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
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    16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

    17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

  • Acts 21:25
    67%

    25But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality.”

  • Acts 15:20
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    20but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.

  • Heb 13:10
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    10We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

  • 1 Cor 6:11-13
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    11Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

    12Flee Sexual Immorality“All things are lawful for me”– but not everything is beneficial.“All things are lawful for me”– but I will not be controlled by anything.

    13“Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both.” The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

  • Acts 15:29
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    29that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.