1 Corinthians 8:10

“For if anyone sees you, the one who has knowledge, reclining at table in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, since he is weak, be built up to eat food sacrificed to idols?”

1 Corinthians 8:10 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Corinthians 8:10, word by word

seesἴδῃidēi

see

To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.

Where else “idēi” appears
hasἔχονταechonta

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

Where else “echonta” appears
knowledgeγνῶσινgnōsin

knowledge

Knowledge.

Where else “gnōsin” appears
reclining at tableκατακείμενονkatakeimenon

recline

To be at the table to eat.

Where else “katakeimenon” appears
an idol’s templeεἰδωλείῳeidōleiōi

idol's temple

Idol's temple: a place where an idol was worshiped.

Where else “eidōleiōi” appears
will notοὐχὶouchi

not

Not (in questions that expect "yes").

Where else “ouchi” appears
conscienceσυνείδησιςsyneidēsis

conscience

Conscience: the inner sense that judges whether what one does is right or wrong.

Where else “syneidēsis” appears
since he isὄντοςontos

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “ontos” appears
weakἀσθενοῦςasthenous

weak

Lacking strength or firmness; frail.

Where else “asthenous” appears
be built upοἰκοδομηθήσεταιoikodomēthēsetai

build up

To help others grow in faith.

Where else “oikodomēthēsetai” appears
eatἐσθίεινesthiein

eat

Eat.

Where else “esthiein” appears
food sacrificed to idolsεἰδωλόθυταeidōlothyta

food offered to idols

What has been sacrificed to an idol, especially meat.

Where else “eidōlothyta” appears

Translation note

“Built up”: it is the same word as in 8:1 (“love builds up”); it can be understood as ironic.

The context

9But watch out that this right of yours does not somehow become a cause of stumbling to the weak.

10 · This verse (above)

11For the one who is weak is destroyed by your knowledge, the brother for whom the Messiah died.

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