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But food will not bring us[a] near[b] to God— neither if we do not eat are we lacking, nor if we eat are we abounding. But be watching-out that this right[c] of yours does not somehow become an opportunity-for-stumbling to the weak ones. 10 For if someone sees you, the one having knowledge, reclining [to eat] in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be built-up so as to eat the foods-sacrificed-to-idols?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:8 That is, us having knowledge, whose choices are the focus of the entire discussion in chapters 8-10.
  2. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Or, present us to God (for reward or judgment).
  3. 1 Corinthians 8:9 That is, this right to eat such food.

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