{"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/ylt/1-corinthians/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-02T19:51:49.959Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":8,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth — as there are gods many and lords many — "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"yet to us is one God, the Father, of whom are the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are the all things, and we through Him;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"but not in all men is the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat it, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat — shall not his conscience — he being infirm — be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and thus sinning in regard to the brethren, and smiting their weak conscience — in regard to Christ ye sin;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh — to the age — that my brother I may not cause to stumble."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 8 (YLT)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 8](https://primebible.com/ylt/1-corinthians/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/1-corinthians/8 (accessed 2026-06-02)."}}