1 Corinthians 8
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1De iis autem quæ idolis sacrificantur, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientia inflat, caritas vero ædificat.
2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
2Si quis autem se existimat scire aliquid, nondum cognovit quemadmodum oporteat eum scire.
3But the one who loves God is known by God.
3Si quis autem diligit Deum, hic cognitus est ab eo.
4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
4De escis autem quæ idolis immolantur, scimus quia nihil est idolum in mundo, et quod nullus est Deus, nisi unus.
5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
5Nam etsi sunt qui dicantur dii sive in cælo, sive in terra (siquidem sunt dii multi, et domini multi):
6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
6nobis tamen unus est Deus, Pater, ex quo omnia, et nos in illum: et unus Dominus Jesus Christus, per quem omnia, et nos per ipsum.
7But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
7Sed non in omnibus est scientia. Quidam autem cum conscientia usque nunc idoli, quasi idolothytum manducant: et conscientia ipsorum cum sit infirma, polluitur.
8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
8Esca autem nos non commendat Deo. Neque enim si manducaverimus, abundabimus: neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus.
9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
9Videte autem ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.
10For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
10Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habet scientiam, in idolio recumbentem: nonne conscientia ejus, cum sit infirma, ædificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta?
11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
11Et peribit infirmus in tua scientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est?
12By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
12Sic autem peccantes in fratres, et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.
13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
13Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in æternum, ne fratrem meum scandalizem.
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