1 Corinthians 8:10
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
Context
This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 8 connects to 10 cross-references. Food offered to idols: knowledge puffs up but love builds up. An idol is nothing — food does not commend us to God. But not everyone has this knowledge. If food causes a brother to stumble, Paul will never eat …
Other Translations
For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat--shall not his conscience--he being infirm--be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,
For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?
Cross References
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the …
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went …
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that …
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s …
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I …
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat …
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol …
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.