Bible Studies

Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know 'all of us possess knowledge'. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. (v. 1)

“Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; 3but anyone who loves God is known by him.” (vv. 2-3)

“But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.” (v. 9)

"If others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed. But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall." (v.10-13)

“But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed. But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.” (vv. 9-13)

Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall. (v. 13)

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling-block to the weak. (v. 9)

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling-block to the weak. (v. 9)

“What then is my reward? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.” (v. 18)

I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. (v. 22b)

I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. (v. 22b)

I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings. (vs 22-23)