¹[] Περι δε των ειδωλοθυτων, εξευρομεν οτι παντες εχομεν γνωσιν, η γνωσις ομως φυσιοι, η δε αγαπη οικοδομει.

¹Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

²Και εαν τις νομιζη οτι εξευρει τι, δεν εμαθεν οτι ουδεν καθως πρεπει να μαθη·

²But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

³αλλ' εαν τις αγαπα τον Θεον, ουτος γνωριζεται υπ' αυτου.

³But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

⁴[] Περι της βρωσεως λοιπον των ειδωλοθυτων, εξευρομεν οτι το ειδωλον ειναι ουδεν εν τω κοσμω, και οτι δεν υπαρχει ουδεις αλλος Θεος ειμη εις.

⁴Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

⁵Διοτι αν και ηναι λεγομενοι θεοι ειτε εν τω ουρανω ειτε επι της γης, καθως και ειναι θεοι πολλοι και κυριοι πολλοι,

⁵For though there are things that are called “gods,” whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”;

⁶αλλ' εις ημας ειναι εις Θεος ο Πατηρ, εξ ου τα παντα και ημεις εις αυτον, και εις Κυριος Ιησους Χριστος, δι' ου τα παντα και ημεις δι' αυτου.

⁶yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

⁷[] Αλλα δεν ειναι εις παντας η γνωσις αυτη· τινες δε δια την συνειδησιν του ειδωλου εως σημερον τρωγουσι το ειδωλοθυτον ως ειδωλοθυτον, και η συνειδησις αυτων ασθενης ουσα μολυνεται.

⁷However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

⁸το φαγητον ομως δεν συνιστα ημας εις τον Θεον· διοτι ουτε εαν φαγωμεν περισσευομεν, ουτε εαν δεν φαγωμεν ελαττουμεθα.

⁸But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

⁹Πλην προσεχετε μηπως αυτη η εξουσια σας γεινη προσκομμα εις τους ασθενεις.

⁹But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

¹⁰Διοτι εαν τις ιδη σε, τον εχοντα γνωσιν, οτι καθησαι εις τραπεζαν εντος ναου ειδωλων, δεν θελει ενθαρρυνθη η συνειδησις αυτου, ασθενουντος, εις το να τρωγη τα ειδωλοθυτα;

¹⁰For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

¹¹Και δια την γνωσιν σου θελει απολεσθη ο ασθενης αδελφος, δια τον οποιον ο Χριστος απεθανεν.

¹¹And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

¹²Αμαρτανοντες δε ουτως εις τους αδελφους και προσβαλλοντες την ασθενη συνειδησιν αυτων, εις τον Χριστον αμαρτανετε.

¹²Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

¹³Δια τουτο, εαν το φαγητον σκανδαλιζη τον αδελφον μου, δεν θελω φαγει κρεας εις τον αιωνα, δια να μη σκανδαλισω τον αδελφον μου.

¹³Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.