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NowδὲconcerningΠερὶfood sacrificed to idols:τῶν εἰδωλοθύτωνwe knowοἴδαμενthatὅτιwe allπάντεςhaveἔχομενknowledge.γνῶσινKnowledgeἡ γνῶσιςpuffs up,φυσιοῖbutδὲloveἡ ἀγάπηbuilds up.οἰκοδομεῖ
1 Corinthians 8:1
Study it in the app“Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 8:1, word by word
- food sacrificed to idolsεἰδωλοθύτωνeidōlothytōn
food offered to idols
What has been sacrificed to an idol, especially meat.
Where else “eidōlothytōn” appears- we knowοἴδαμενoidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidamen” appears- haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- knowledgeγνῶσινgnōsin
knowledge
Knowledge.
Where else “gnōsin” appears- puffs upφυσιοῖphysioi
puff up
Puff up; be puffed up with pride.
Where else “physioi” appears- loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- builds upοἰκοδομεῖoikodomei
build up
To help others grow in faith.
Where else “oikodomei” appears
Translation note
“We all have knowledge” seems to be another saying of the Corinthians that Paul quotes.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2If anyone thinks he has come to know something, he has not yet known as he ought to know.