Nowas touchingthings offered unto idols, we knowthatwe allhaveknowledge. Knowledgepuffeth up, butcharityedifieth. Andifany manthinkthat he knowethany thing, he knowethnothingyetashe oughtto know. Butifany manloveGod, the sameis knownofhim. As concerningthereforetheeatingof those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we knowthatan idol is nothinginthe world, andthat there is noneotherGodbutone. Forthoughthere bethat are calledgods, whetherinheavenorinearth, ( asthere begodsmany, andlordsmany,) Butto us there is but oneGod, theFather, ofwhom are all things, andweinhim; andoneLordJesusChrist, bywhom are all things, andwebyhim. Howbeit there is notinevery manthat knowledge: forsomewith conscienceof theidoluntothis houreat it asa thing offered unto an idol; andtheirconsciencebeingweakis defiled. Butmeatcommendethusnotto God: forneither, ifwe eat, are we the better; neither, ifwe eatnot, are we the worse. Buttake heedlest by any meansthislibertyof yoursbecomea stumblingblockto them that are weak. Forifany manseetheewhich hastknowledgesit at meatinthe idol's temple, shall nottheconscienceof himwhich isweakbe emboldenedto eatthose things which are offered to idols; Andthroughthyknowledgeshall theweakbrotherperish, forwhomChristdied? Butwhen ye sinsoagainstthebrethren, andwoundtheirweakconscience, ye sinagainstChrist. Wherefore, ifmeatmake my brother to offend, I will eatnofleshwhile the world standeth, lestI make my brother to offend.