{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:50:43.019Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":8,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 8 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 8](https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/8 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}