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

¹Men hvad Kødet fra Afgudsofrene angår, da vide vi, fordi vi alle have Kundskab (Kundskaben opblæser, men Kærligheden opbygger.

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

²Dersom nogen tykkes at kende noget, han kender endnu ikke således, som man bør kende.

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

³Men dersom nogen elsker Gud, han er kendt af ham.)

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.

⁴Hvad altså Spisningen af Offerkødet angår, da vide vi, at der er ingen, Afgud i Verden, og at der ingen Gud er uden een.

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

⁵Thi om der end er såkaldte Guder, være sig i Himmelen eller på Jorden, som der jo er mange Guder og mange Herrer,

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.

⁶så er der for os dog kun een Gud, Faderen, af hvem alle Ting ere, og vi til ham, og een Herre, Jesus Kristus, ved hvem alle Ting ere, og vi ved ham.

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.

⁷Dog ikke alle have den Kundskab. Men der er nogle, som ifølge deres hidtidige Afgudsvane spise det som Afgudsofferkød, og deres Samvittighed, som er skrøbelig, besmittes.

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.

⁸Men Mad skal ikke bestemme vor Stilling over for Gud; hverken have vi Fortrin, om vi spise, eller stå tilbage, om vi ikke spise.

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

⁹Men ser, til, at ikke denne eders Frihed skal blive til Anstød for de skrøbelige!

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?

¹⁰Thi dersom nogen ser dig, som har Kundskab, sidde til Bords i et Afgudshus, vil så ikke Samvittigheden hos den, som er skrøbelig, blive opbygget til at spise Afgudsofferkødet?

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

¹¹Den skrøbelige går jo til Grunde ved din Kundskab, Broderen, for hvis Skyld Kristus er død.

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

¹²Men når I således Synde imod Brødrene og såre deres skrøbelige Samvittighed, Synde I imod Kristus.

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

¹³Derfor, om Mad forarger min Broder, vil jeg aldrig i Evighed spise Kød, for at jeg ikke skal forarge min Broder.