1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.stylus1 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Corinthians 8:7, Romans 14:3, Romans 14:3, Isaiah 5:212The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.stylus1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:18, Proverbs 26:123But the one who loves God is known by God.stylusRevelation 3:8, Revelation 3:9, Revelation 3:8, Revelation 3:9, Exodus 33:174So 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.stylusDeuteronomy 4:39, Deuteronomy 4:39, Isaiah 41:24, Isaiah 41:24, 1 Timothy 2:55For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),stylusJeremiah 2:28, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Galatians 4:8, Jeremiah 2:28, 2 Thessalonians 2:46yet 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.stylusRomans 11:36, Romans 11:36, John 1:3, John 1:3, Malachi 2:107But 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.stylusRomans 14:14, Romans 14:14, 1 Corinthians 10:28, 1 Corinthians 10:29, 1 Corinthians 10:288But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.stylusRomans 14:17, Romans 14:17, Hebrews 13:9, Hebrews 13:9, 1 Corinthians 6:139Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.stylusGalatians 5:13, Galatians 5:13, Romans 14:20, Romans 14:21, Romans 14:2010For 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?stylus1 Corinthians 10:28, 1 Corinthians 10:29, 1 Corinthians 10:28, 1 Corinthians 10:29, Romans 14:2311So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.stylusRomans 14:15, Romans 14:15, Romans 15:1, Romans 15:3, Romans 15:112By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.stylusMatthew 18:6, Matthew 18:6, Matthew 25:45, Matthew 25:45, 1 Corinthians 12:1213Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.stylusRomans 14:21, Romans 14:21, 2 Corinthians 11:29, 2 Corinthians 6:3, 2 Corinthians 11:29