1 No que se refere às coisas sacrificadas a ídolos, reconhecemos que todos somos senhores do saber. O saber ensoberbece, mas o amor edifica. 2 Se alguém julga saber alguma coisa, com efeito, não aprendeu ainda como convém saber. 3 Mas, se alguém ama a Deus, esse é conhecido por ele. 4 No tocante à comida sacrificada a ídolos, sabemos que o ídolo, de si mesmo, nada é no mundo e que não há senão um só Deus. 5 Porque, ainda que há também alguns que se chamem deuses, quer no céu ou sobre a terra, como há muitos deuses e muitos senhores, 6 todavia, para nós há um só Deus, o Pai, de quem são todas as coisas e para quem existimos; e um só Senhor, Jesus Cristo, pelo qual são todas as coisas, e nós também, por ele. 7 Entretanto, não há esse conhecimento em todos; porque alguns, por efeito da familiaridade até agora com o ídolo, ainda comem dessas coisas como a ele sacrificadas; e a consciência destes, por ser fraca, vem a contaminar-se. 8 Não é a comida que nos recomendará a Deus, pois nada perderemos, se não comermos, e nada ganharemos, se comermos. 9 Vede, porém, que esta vossa liberdade não venha, de algum modo, a ser tropeço para os fracos. 10 Porque, se alguém te vir a ti, que és dotado de saber, à mesa, em templo de ídolo, não será a consciência do que é fraco induzida a participar de comidas sacrificadas a ídolos? 11 E assim, por causa do teu saber, perece o irmão fraco, pelo qual Cristo morreu. 12 E deste modo, pecando contra os irmãos, golpeando-lhes a consciência fraca, é contra Cristo que pecais. 13 E, por isso, se a comida serve de escândalo a meu irmão, nunca mais comerei carne, para que não venha a escandalizá-lo.

1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. 2 If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know; 3 but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him. 4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many; 6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him. 7 Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8 But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. 10 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? 11 For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 12 And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that "We all possess knowledge." But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.

2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.

3 But whoever loves God is known by God. [^1]

4 So then, 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."

5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"),

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won't that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?

11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

12 When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.