1 Corinthians 8:1-8

 Universalism in the New Testament

11/11 ~ From New Testament Letters

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1 - Now concerning food offered to idols, we know we all possess “knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up. But love builds up. 2 If anyone imagines that they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But if someone loves God, they are known by God. 4 Therefore, as to this eating of food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing, that there is no God but one. 5 For although there may be many supposed ‘gods’ in the heavens and upon earth, many “gods” and many “lords”— 6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are the all, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are the all, and we through him (are).

     7 However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former practice with idols, eat food as actually offered to another ‘god’, and their weak conscience is wounded. 8 But food will not commend us to God. Whether we eat or don’t eat, we are no better, or no worse off.

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