1 Περί δε των ειδωλοθύτων, εξεύρομεν ότι πάντες έχομεν γνώσιν, η γνώσις όμως φυσιοί, η δε αγάπη οικοδομεί. 2 Και εάν τις νομίζη ότι εξεύρει τι, δεν έμαθεν έτι ουδέν καθώς πρέπει να μάθη· 3 αλλ' εάν τις αγαπά τον Θεόν, ούτος γνωρίζεται υπ' αυτού. 4 Περί της βρώσεως λοιπόν των ειδωλοθύτων, εξεύρομεν ότι το είδωλον είναι ουδέν εν τω κόσμω, και ότι δεν υπάρχει ουδείς άλλος Θεός ειμή εις. 5 Διότι αν και ήναι λεγόμενοι θεοί είτε εν τω ουρανώ είτε επί της γης, καθώς και είναι θεοί πολλοί και κύριοι πολλοί, 6 αλλ' εις ημάς είναι εις Θεός ο Πατήρ, εξ ου τα πάντα και ημείς εις αυτόν, και εις Κύριος Ιησούς Χριστός, δι' ου τα πάντα και ημείς δι' αυτού. 7 Αλλά δεν είναι εις πάντας η γνώσις αύτη· τινές δε διά την συνείδησιν του ειδώλου έως σήμερον τρώγουσι το ειδωλόθυτον ως ειδωλόθυτον, και η συνείδησις αυτών ασθενής ούσα μολύνεται. 8 το φαγητόν όμως δεν συνιστά ημάς εις τον Θεόν· διότι ούτε εάν φάγωμεν περισσεύομεν, ούτε εάν δεν φάγωμεν ελαττούμεθα. 9 Πλην προσέχετε μήπως αύτη η εξουσία σας γείνη πρόσκομμα εις τους ασθενείς. 10 Διότι εάν τις ίδη σε, τον έχοντα γνώσιν, ότι κάθησαι εις τράπεζαν εντός ναού ειδώλων, δεν θέλει ενθαρρυνθή η συνείδησις αυτού, ασθενούντος, εις το να τρώγη τα ειδωλόθυτα; 11 Και διά την γνώσιν σου θέλει απολεσθή ο ασθενής αδελφός, διά τον οποίον ο Χριστός απέθανεν. 12 Αμαρτάνοντες δε ούτως εις τους αδελφούς και προσβάλλοντες την ασθενή συνείδησιν αυτών, εις τον Χριστόν αμαρτάνετε. 13 Διά τούτο, εάν το φαγητόν σκανδαλίζη τον αδελφόν μου, δεν θέλω φάγει κρέας εις τον αιώνα, διά να μη σκανδαλίσω τον αδελφόν μου.
1 Corinthians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
1 Corinthians 8 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)