1 Y ahora, pasemos a la pregunta en cuanto a si se debe comer o no lo que ha sido sacrificado a los ídolos. Es cierto que todos tenemos conocimiento. Sin embargo, el saberlo todo hace que nos sintamos orgullosos. Lo que se necesita es el amor que edifica. 2 El que cree que sabe algo, todavía no sabe nada como debería saber. 3 Pero Dios sabe quién lo ama de veras. 4 Entonces, ¿debemos comer carnes sacrificadas a los ídolos? Bueno, sabemos bien que el ídolo no es nada; y que sólo hay un Dios. 5 Pues aunque hay muchos a los que llaman dioses, en el cielo y en la tierra, y los hay, 6 para nosotros sólo hay un Dios: el Padre, de quien vienen todas las cosas y quien nos hizo para él; y sólo hay un Señor: Jesucristo, quien lo creó todo y nos da vida. 7 Sin embargo, algunos cristianos no se dan cuenta de esto. Siguen tan acostumbrados a sus viejas creencias, que todavía comen esos alimentos creyendo que fueron ofrecidos a los ídolos, y por eso cuando los comen su conciencia les molesta. 8 Recuerden que a Dios no le importa si los comemos o no. No somos peores si los comemos ni mejores si no los comemos. 9 Ahora bien, tengan cuidado; no vayan a lastimar al hermano de conciencia débil al hacer uso de la libertad que tienen de comer cualquier cosa, 10 porque puede suceder que tú, que crees que no hay nada malo en ello, vas a comer al templo de un ídolo, y un hermano débil te ve haciéndolo. Pudiera ser que aquel hermano se decida entonces a comer, aunque en su interior crea que está haciendo mal. 11 Si es así, ese hermano de conciencia débil, por quien Cristo murió, se perderá por culpa de tu conocimiento. 12 Al pecar así contra los hermanos, hiriendo su débil conciencia, pecan ustedes contra Cristo. 13 Por lo tanto, si mi comida va a hacer caer a mi hermano, mejor no la como nunca, para no hacerlo caer en pecado.
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Cross references (13)
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- 1 1 Corinthians 8:7; Isaiah 5:21; Romans 14:3; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Revelation 2:14
- 2 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 6:3; Proverbs 26:12; 1 Timothy 6:3–4
- 3 Revelation 3:8–9; Exodus 33:17; Nahum 1:7; 2 Timothy 2:19; 1 Corinthians 2:9
- 4 Deuteronomy 4:39; 1 Corinthians 10:19–20; Ephesians 4:6; Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Timothy 2:5
- 5 Galatians 4:8; Jeremiah 2:28; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Jeremiah 11:13; Jeremiah 2:11
- 6 Romans 11:36; John 1:3; Malachi 2:10; Hebrews 1:2–3; Colossians 1:16–17
- 7 Romans 14:14; 1 Corinthians 10:28–29; 1 Corinthians 8:9–10; Romans 14:22–23; 1 Corinthians 1:10–11
- 8 Romans 14:17; Hebrews 13:9; 1 Corinthians 6:13; Colossians 2:20–23
- 9 Galatians 5:13; Romans 14:20–21; 1 Peter 2:16; 2 Peter 2:19; Romans 14:1–2
- 10 1 Corinthians 10:28–29; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Romans 14:23; 1 Corinthians 10:20–21; 1 Corinthians 8:1–2
- 11 Romans 14:15; Romans 15:1–3; 1 Corinthians 8:13; 1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1; Romans 14:20–21
- 12 Matthew 18:6; Matthew 25:45; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Samuel 2:25; Acts 9:4–5
- 13 Romans 14:21; 2 Corinthians 11:29; 2 Corinthians 6:3; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 13:5
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It is necessary first to say what the meaning of this passage is: for so shall we readily comprehend the Apostle's discourse. For he that sees a charge brought against any one, except he first perceive the nature of the offence will not understand what is said. What then is it of which he was then accusing the Corinthians?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
And for this reason Paul exclaimed, "Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth:" not that he meant to inveigh against a true knowledge of God, for in that case he would have accused himself; but, because he knew that some, puffed up by the pretence of knowledge, fall away from the love of God, and imagine that they themselves are perfect, …
For now, filled with my punishment, I had begun to desire to seem wise; yet mourned I not, but rather was puffed up with knowledge. For where was that charity building upon the "foundation" of humility, "which is Jesus Christ"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
He again, to put an end to his fears and the other's disputatiousness, says, "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink." Is it by these, he means, that we are to be approved? As he says in another passage too, "Neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; yet to us there is One God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and One Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)