4. Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;
5. for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth-- as there are gods many and lords many--
6. yet to us [is] one God, the Father, of whom [are] the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] the all things, and we through Him;
7. but not in all men [is] the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat [it], and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8. But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;
9. but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,
10. for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat--shall not his conscience--he being infirm--be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,
11. and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?