哥林多前書 8
祭過偶像的食物
1 關於祭過偶像的食物，我們曉得「我們都有知識」，但知識使人自高自大，惟有愛心能造就人。 2 若有人自以為知道甚麼，他其實仍不知道他所應當知道的。 3 若有人愛上帝，他就是上帝所認識的人了。
4 關於吃祭過偶像的食物，我們知道「偶像在世上算不得甚麼」；也知道「上帝只有一位，沒有別的」。 5 雖然在天上或地上有許多所謂的神明，就如他們中間有許多的神明，許多的主， 6 但是我們只有一位上帝，就是父，萬物都出於他，我們也歸於他；並只有一位主，就是耶穌基督，萬物都是藉著他而有，我們也是藉著他而有。
7 可是，不是人人都有這知識。有人到現在因拜慣了偶像，仍以為所吃的是祭過偶像的食物；既然他們的良心軟弱，也就污穢了。 8 其實，食物不能使我們更接近上帝，因為我們不吃也無損，吃也無益。
9 可是，你們要謹慎，免得你們這自由竟成了軟弱人的絆腳石。 10 若有人見你這有知識的在偶像的廟裏坐席，而這人的良心是軟弱的，他豈不放膽去吃那祭過偶像的食物嗎？ 11 因此，基督為他死的那軟弱弟兄，也就因你的知識沉淪了。 12 你們這樣得罪弟兄，傷了他們軟弱的良心，就是得罪基督。 13 所以，食物若使我的弟兄跌倒，我就永遠不吃肉，免得使我的弟兄跌倒了。
1 CORINTHIANS 8
Food Offered to Idols
1 In your letter you asked me about food offered to idols. All of us know something about this subject. But knowledge makes us proud of ourselves, while love makes us helpful to others. 2 In fact, people who think they know so much don't know anything at all.
3 But God has no doubts about who loves him.
4 Even though food is offered to idols, we know that none of the idols in this world are alive. After all, there is only one God. 5 Many things in heaven and on earth are called gods and lords, but none of them really are gods or lords.
6 We have only one God, and he is the Father. He created everything, and we live for him. Jesus Christ is our only Lord. Everything was made by him, and by him life was given to us.
7 Not everyone knows these things. In fact, many people have grown up with the belief that idols have life in them. So when they eat meat offered to idols, they are bothered by a weak conscience.
8 But food doesn't bring us any closer to God. We are no worse off if we don't eat, and we are no better off if we do.
9 Don't cause problems for someone with a weak conscience, just because you have the right to eat anything. 10 You know all this, and so it doesn't bother you to eat in the temple of an idol. But suppose a person with a weak conscience sees you and decides to eat food that has been offered to idols. 11 Then what you know has destroyed someone Christ died for. 12 When you sin by hurting a follower with a weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 So if I hurt one of the Lord's followers by what I eat, I will never eat meat as long as I live.