1Cor 8:1-2, 7 | 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 8:1-2

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. 2 ^fIf anyone imagines that he knows something, ^ghe does not yet know as he ought to know.

1 Corinthians 8:7

7 However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, ^hthrough former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and ⁱtheir conscience, being weak, is defiled.