Jul 5, 2026 · 38 min · 9 segments
v1-3 Knowledge must be directed by love, because love is the of all knowledge v4-6 Knowing the one true God through Christ makes us a new people, with a new way of living v7-13 So our lives must be…
This evening we'll be reading from 1 Corinthians, and we'll be reading 1 Corinthians chapter 8 in its entirety, so verses 1 to 13, and that's on page 956 if you've got a black Bible, so 1 Corinthians chapter 8.
Now, concerning food offered to idols.
We know that all of us possess knowledge.
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Therefore, as the eating of of food offered to idols we know that an idol has no real existence and that there is no god but one for although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth as indeed there are many gods and many lords yet for us there is one god the father from whom all things and for whom we exist is and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
However, not all possess this knowledge, but some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience being weak is defiled.
We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged if his conscience is weak to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge, this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat lest it make my brother stumble.
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This evening we'll be reading from 1 Corinthians, and we'll be reading 1 Corinthians chapter 8 in its entirety, so verses 1 to 13, and that's on page 956 if you've got a black Bible, so 1 Corinthians chapter 8.
Now, concerning food offered to idols.
We know that all of us possess knowledge.
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Therefore, as the eating of of food offered to idols we know that an idol has no real existence and that there is no god but one for although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth as indeed there are many gods and many lords yet for us there is one god the father from whom all things and for whom we exist is and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
However, not all possess this knowledge, but some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience being weak is defiled.
We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged if his conscience is weak to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge, this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat lest it make my brother stumble.