1 Corinthians 8:1

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Now, concerning food offered to false gods: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes people arrogant, but love builds them up.

Cross References

Isaiah 47:10

You feel safe in your wickedness and say, “No one can see me.” Your wisdom and knowledge have led you astray, so you say to yourself, “I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.”

Isaiah 5:21

How horrible it will be for those who think they are wise and consider themselves to be clever.

Numbers 25:2

who invited the people to the sacrifices offered to their gods. The people ate the meat from the sacrifices and worshiped these gods.

Acts 15:10

So why are you testing God? You’re putting a burden on the disciples, a burden neither our ancestors nor we can carry.

Acts 15:29

by keeping away from food sacrificed to false gods, from eating bloody meat, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual sins. If you avoid these things, you will be doing what’s right. Farewell!

Acts 21:25

⌞To clarify this matter⌟ we have written non-Jewish believers a letter with our decision. We told them that they should not eat food sacrificed to false gods, bloody meat, or the meat of strangled animals. They also should not commit sexual sins.”

Romans 11:25

Brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery so that you won’t become arrogant. The minds of some Israelites have become closed until all of God’s non-Jewish people are included.

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be arrogant, but be friendly to humble people. Don’t think that you are smarter than you really are.

Romans 14:10

Why do you criticize or despise other Christians? Everyone will stand in front of God to be judged.

Romans 14:14

The Lord Jesus has given me the knowledge and conviction that no food is unacceptable in and of itself. But it is unacceptable to a person who thinks it is.

Romans 14:19

So let’s pursue those things which bring peace and which are good for each other.

Romans 14:22

So whatever you believe about these things, keep it between yourself and God. The person who does what he knows is right shouldn’t feel guilty. He is blessed.

Romans 14:3

People who eat all foods should not despise people who eat only vegetables. In the same way, the vegetarians should not criticize people who eat all foods, because God has accepted those people.

Romans 15:14

I’m convinced, brothers and sisters, that you, too, are filled with goodness. I’m also convinced that you have all the knowledge you need and that you are able to instruct each other.

1 Corinthians 1:5

Through Christ Jesus you have become rich in every way—in speech and knowledge of every kind.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I’m talking to intelligent people. Judge for yourselves what I’m saying.

1 Corinthians 10:28

However, if someone says to you, “This was sacrificed to a god,” don’t eat it because of the one who informed you and because of conscience.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don’t think like children. When it comes to evil, be like babies, but think like mature people.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to the right point of view, and stop sinning. Some people don’t know anything about God. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We have given up our wisdom for Christ, but you have insight because of Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

1 Corinthians 4:18

Some of you have become arrogant because you think I won’t pay you a visit.

1 Corinthians 4:6

Brothers and sisters, I have applied this to Apollos and myself for your sake. You should learn from us not to go beyond what is written in Scripture. Then you won’t arrogantly place one of us in opposition to the other.

1 Corinthians 5:2

You’re being arrogant when you should have been more upset about this. If you had been upset, the man who did this would have been removed from among you.

1 Corinthians 5:6

It’s not good for you to brag. Don’t you know that a little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 8:2

Those who think they know something still have a lot to learn.

1 Corinthians 8:4

Now about eating food that was offered to false gods: We know that the false gods in this world don’t really exist and that no god exists except the one God.

1 Corinthians 8:7

But not everyone knows this. Some people are so used to worshiping false gods that they believe they are eating food offered to a false god. So they feel guilty because their conscience is weak.

Ephesians 4:16

He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, he makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one who delights in ⌞false⌟ humility and the worship of angels tell you that you don’t deserve a prize. Such a person, whose sinful mind fills him with arrogance, gives endless details of the visions he has seen.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you: You have among you those who follow what Balaam taught Balak. Balak trapped the people of Israel by ⌞encouraging⌟ them to eat food sacrificed to idols and to sin sexually.

Revelation 2:20

But I have something against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. She teaches and misleads my servants to sin sexually and to eat food sacrificed to idols.