¹ Now concerning idol-sacrifices: we know that all have knowledge. The knowledge is arrogant, but the love$ builds up.

² But if anyone thinks to know anything, he has not yet known anything as it is essential to know;

³ but if anyone loves$ God, this one has been known by him.

⁴ Therefore, concerning the food of idol-sacrifices, we know that an idol in the world is nothing and that there is no other God except one.

⁵ For$ if indeed$ there are so called$ gods, whether in heaven or upon the earth (just-like there are many such gods and many such lords),

⁶ but to us, there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we are $for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we are through him.

⁷ But the knowledge is not in all of them, but until now some believe in the consciousness of the idol, eat it like an idol-sacrifice, and their conscience is defiled, being weak.

⁸ But food does not present us to God, for$ neither if we eat, do we abound, nor if we do not eat, are we lacking?

⁹ But beware°, lest this liberty of yours° might become a stumbling block to the weak.

¹⁰ For$ if anyone sees you (the one who has knowledge) reclining at a table in an idol’s sanctuary, will not his conscience, being weak, be wrongly built up to eat the idol-sacrifices?

¹¹ And the weak brother (because of whom, Christ died) will be perishing upon the basis of your knowledge.

¹² Now thus, by sinning directly at the brethren and beating their weak conscience, you° are sinning directly at Christ.

¹³ Hence, if food is offending my brother, I should never eat an idol’s meats forever, in-order-that I should not offend my brother.