1Cor 8:7-13 | ESV | STEP | However , not all possess this knowledge . But some , through former association with idols , eat food as really offered to an idol , and their conscience , being weak , is defiled .

1 Corinthians 8:7-13

7 However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, ^athrough former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and ^btheir conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 ^cFood will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9 But take care ^dthat this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block ^eto the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating ^{▼▼Greek reclining at table} in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, ^{▼▼Or fortified; Greek built up} if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11 And so by your knowledge this weak person is ^hdestroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} and ^jwounding their conscience when it is weak, ^kyou sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, ^lif food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.