Now about (food) sacrificed to idols : We know that vvv we all have knowledge. - Knowledge puffs up , but - love builds up.
- The one who thinks he knows something vvv does not yet know as he ought to know.
But - the one who loves - God - is known by (God).
So about - eating - food sacrificed to idols : We know that an idol (is) nothing at all in (the) world , and that (there is) no God but ... one.
For even if there are so-called gods , whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many ( so-called ) gods and - lords ),
yet for us ( there is but ) one God , the Father , from whom all things (came) and for (whom) we (exist). And ( there is but ) one Lord , Jesus Christ , through whom all things (came) and through (whom) we (exist).
But not everyone (has) this knowledge. - Some (people) are still so accustomed ... ... - to idols (that) they eat (such food) as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And (since) their - conscience is weak , it is defiled.
But food vvv does not bring us closer ... to God : - We are no worse if vvv we do not eat , (and) no (better) if we do.
Be careful , however , (that) your - freedom vvv vvv does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
For if someone (with) a weak conscience sees you who vvv are well informed eating in an idol’s temple , {will he} not - be encouraged to eat - (food) sacrificed to idols ?
(So) (this) weak - brother , for whom Christ died , is destroyed by - your knowledge.
- By sinning against (your) brothers in this way and wounding their weak - conscience , you sin against Christ.
Therefore , if (what I eat) causes - my brother {to stumble} , vvv vvv I will never eat meat vvv vvv (again) , so that vvv I will not cause - vvv (him) {to stumble}.