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1 Corinthians 8:1-5 New International Version (NIV)

1. Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.

2. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.

3. But whoever loves God is known by God.

4. So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.”

5. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),

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