1 Corinthians 8:1

New Century Version

Now I will write about meat that is sacrificed to idols. We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs you up with pride, but love builds up.

Cross References

Isaiah 47:10

You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.’ Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.’

Isaiah 5:21

How terrible it will be for people who think they are wise and believe they are clever.

Numbers 25:2

The women invited them to their sacrifices to their gods, and the Israelites ate food there and worshiped these gods.

Acts 15:10

So now why are you testing God by putting a heavy load around the necks of the non-Jewish believers? It is a load that neither we nor our ancestors were able to carry.

Acts 15:29

Stay away from any food that has been offered to idols, eating any animals that have been strangled, and blood, and any kind of sexual sin. If you stay away from these things, you will do well. Good-bye.

Acts 21:25

We have already sent a letter to the non-Jewish believers. The letter said: ‘Do not eat food that has been offered to idols, or blood, or animals that have been strangled. Do not take part in sexual sin.’ ”

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God.

Romans 12:16

Live in peace with each other. Do not be proud, but make friends with those who seem unimportant. Do not think how smart you are.

Romans 14:10

So why do you judge your brothers or sisters in Christ? And why do you think you are better than they are? We will all stand before God to be judged,

Romans 14:14

I am in the Lord Jesus, and I know that there is no food that is wrong to eat. But if a person believes something is wrong, that thing is wrong for him.

Romans 14:19

So let us try to do what makes peace and helps one another.

Romans 14:22

Your beliefs about these things should be kept secret between you and God. People are happy if they can do what they think is right without feeling guilty.

Romans 14:3

The one who knows that it is right to eat any kind of food must not reject the one who eats only vegetables. And the person who eats only vegetables must not think that the one who eats all foods is wrong, because God has accepted that person.

Romans 15:14

My brothers and sisters, I am sure that you are full of goodness. I know that you have all the knowledge you need and that you are able to teach each other.

1 Corinthians 1:5

I thank God because in Christ you have been made rich in every way, in all your speaking and in all your knowledge.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I am speaking to you as to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if anyone says to you, “That food was offered to idols,” do not eat it. Do not eat it because of that person who told you and because eating it might be thought to be wrong.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not think like children. In evil things be like babies, but in your thinking you should be like adults.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you do not know God—I say this to shame you.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are very wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You receive honor, but we are shamed.

1 Corinthians 4:18

Some of you have become proud, thinking that I will not come to you again.

1 Corinthians 4:6

Brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself as examples so you could learn through us the meaning of the saying, “Follow only what is written in the Scriptures.” Then you will not be more proud of one person than another.

1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are proud! You should have been filled with sadness so that the man who did this should be put out of your group.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your bragging is not good. You know the saying, “Just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.”

1 Corinthians 8:2

If you think you know something, you do not yet know anything as you should.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So this is what I say about eating meat sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know there is only one God.

1 Corinthians 8:7

But not all people know this. Some people are still so used to idols that when they eat meat, they still think of it as being sacrificed to an idol. Because their conscience is weak, when they eat it, they feel guilty.

Ephesians 4:16

The whole body depends on Christ, and all the parts of the body are joined and held together. Each part does its own work to make the whole body grow and be strong with love.

Colossians 2:18

Do not let anyone disqualify you by making you humiliate yourself and worship angels. Such people enter into visions, which fill them with foolish pride because of their human way of thinking.

Revelation 2:14

“But I have a few things against you: You have some there who follow the teaching of Balaam. He taught Balak how to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food offered to idols and by taking part in sexual sins.

Revelation 2:20

“But I have this against you: You let that woman Jezebel spread false teachings. She says she is a prophetess, but by her teaching she leads my people to take part in sexual sins and to eat food that is offered to idols.