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ᎾᏃ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎾᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏰᎸᎯ ᏗᎵᏍᎪᎸᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ, ᎢᏗᎦᏔᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏗᎥ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᎨᎲᎢ. ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏢᏆᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎵᏍᎪᎢ.

ᎢᏳ ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᏳᏬᎯᏳᎭ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏏ ᎤᎦᏙᎥᏒᎯ ᏱᎩ.

ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏳᎨᏳᎭ, [ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ] ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎦᏔᎰᎢ.

ᎾᏃ ᎠᎩᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ ᏗᎵᏍᎪᎸᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏰᎸᎯ, ᎢᏗᎦᏔᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏰᎸᎯ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏂ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏁᎲᎾ ᎨᏒ, ᏌᏉ ᎤᏩᏒ.

ᎤᏂᏣᏔᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎠᏁᎭ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎨᎪᏎᎯ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ, (ᏧᏂᎶᏔᏉ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏂᏣᏔᏉ ᎤᏂᎬᏫᏳᎯ,

ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎢᏙᎯᏳᎲᏍᎬ ᏌᏉᎯᏳ ᎡᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎿ ᏂᎦᏗᏳ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏨᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎡᏓᏤᎵᎦ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏥᏕᎭ; ᎠᎴ ᏌᏉᎯᏳ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᏂᎦᏗᏳ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏤᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᏥᏕᎭ.

ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏳᏁᎭ; ᎩᎶᏰᏃ ᏙᏧᎾᏓᏅᏛ ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏰᎸᎯ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏯᏍᏗ ᎠᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏍᎪ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏰᎸᎯ ᎠᎵᏍᎪᎸᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᏣᏂᎩᏍᎪ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ; ᏚᎾᏓᏅᏛᏃ ᏗᏩᎾᎦᎳᎯᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏗᎦᏓᎭ ᏂᏙᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ.

ᎠᎵ ᏍᏓᏴᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎢᎩᏰᎸᏗᏱ ᏱᏂᎬᏁᎭ; ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏱᏓᎵᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎦ ᎤᏟ ᎣᏏᏳ ᏱᏂᎬᏁᎰᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏂᏓᎵᏍᏓᏴᏍᎬᎾ ᏱᎩ, ᎡᏍᎦ ᏱᏂᎬᏁᎰᎢ.

ᎠᏎᏃ ᎢᏤᏯᏔᎮᏍᏗ ᏤᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎨᏣᏛᏁᏗ ᎢᏥᎲ ᏗᏂᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᏧᏃᏕᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏱᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᏍᏗ.

10 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏱᏣᎪᎲ ᏂᎯ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏤᎯ ᏱᏅᎦ ᏯᎵᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎦ ᎠᏓᏁᎸ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏰᎸᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ; ᏝᏍᎪ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎤᏓᏅᏛ, ᎠᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎨᏒ, ᏂᎦᎾᏰᏍᎬᎾ ᏱᏅᎦᎵᏍᏓ ᎤᎵᏍᏓᏴᏙᏗᏱ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎵᏍᎪᎸᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏰᎸᎯ;

11 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏣᏤᎵᎦ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᎠᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᏗᏍᏓᏓᏅᏟ ᏴᎬᏲᎱᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏲᎱᎯᏎᎸᎯ?

12 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏣᏛᎦ ᏕᏥᏍᎦᏅᏥ ᎢᏣᎵᏅᏟ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲ ᏂᏕᏨᎦ ᏗᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᏚᎾᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎡᏥᏍᎦᏅᏤᎰᎢ.

13 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ ᏦᏍᏓᏓᏅᏟ ᏱᏚᏬᏕᏍᏗᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᏴᎦᏥᎦ ᎭᏫᏯ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏦᏍᏓᏓᏅᏟᏰᏃ ᏱᏙᏥᏲᏕᏍᏓ.

Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols

Now about food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “We all possess knowledge.”(B) But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something(C) do not yet know as they ought to know.(D) But whoever loves God is known by God.[a](E)

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(F) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(G) and that “There is no God but one.”(H) For even if there are so-called gods,(I) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God,(J) the Father,(K) from whom all things came(L) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(M) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(N) and through whom we live.

But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(O) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(P) it is defiled. But food does not bring us near to God;(Q) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(R) to the weak.(S) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(T) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(U) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(V) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(W) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(X)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves truly knows.