1Cor 8:1, 14:4 | ESV | STEP | Now concerning food offered to idols : we know that all of us possess knowledge . This knowledge puffs up , but love builds up .

1 Corinthians 8:1

Food Offered to Idols

1 Now concerning ^{▼▼The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians’ letter; see 7:1} ^bfood offered to idols: we know that ^c“all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” ^dpuffs up, ^ebut love builds up.

1 Corinthians 14:4

4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.