ButἈλλ’notοὐκinἐνeveryoneπᾶσινisthis knowledge;ἡ γνῶσιςbutδὲsome,τινὲςthroughτῇbeing accustomedσυνηθείᾳuntilἕωςnowἄρτιto the idol,τοῦ εἰδώλουeatἐσθίουσινthe foodasὡςsacrificed to an idol,εἰδωλόθυτονandκαὶtheirἡ αὐτῶνconscience,συνείδησιςbeingοὖσαweak,ἀσθενὴςis defiled.μολύνεται
1 Corinthians 8:7
Study it in the app“But not in everyone is this knowledge; but some, through being accustomed until now to the idol, eat the food as sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 8:7, word by word
- this knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsis
knowledge
Knowledge.
Where else “gnōsis” appears- being accustomedσυνηθείᾳsynētheiai
custom
Custom, what is usually done.
Where else “synētheiai” appears- nowἄρτιarti
now
Now, just now, at this moment.
Where else “arti” appears- to the idolεἰδώλουeidōlou
idol
Idol, image of a false god.
Where else “eidōlou” appears- eatἐσθίουσινesthiousin
eat
Eat.
Where else “esthiousin” appears- sacrificed to an idolεἰδωλόθυτονeidōlothyton
food offered to idols
What has been sacrificed to an idol, especially meat.
Where else “eidōlothyton” appears- conscienceσυνείδησιςsyneidēsis
conscience
Conscience: the inner sense that judges whether what one does is right or wrong.
Where else “syneidēsis” appears- beingοὖσαousa
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ousa” appears- weakἀσθενὴςasthenēs
weak
Lacking strength or firmness; frail.
Where else “asthenēs” appears- is defiledμολύνεταιmolynetai
defile
Defile, stain, make dirty.
Where else “molynetai” appears
The context
6yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, through whom are all things, and we through him.
7 · This verse (above)
8Now food will not bring us close to God; for neither if we eat are we better off, nor if we do not eat are we worse off.