1 Corinthians 8:1

“Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.”

"Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." - 1 Corinthians 8:1
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What does 1 Corinthians 8:1 mean?

1-corinthians-8:1 in the King James Version (KJV) reads: "Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." This verse is a part of Apostle Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, in which he addresses…

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The Balancing Act of Knowledge and Love

In 1 Corinthians 8:1, the Apostle Paul encapsulates a profound truth about the nature of knowledge and its limits: "Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." This succinct yet powerful verse…

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A Prayer for Humility and Charity in Knowledge

Heavenly Father, As I bow my head in reverence before You, I reflect upon the wisdom of Your Word, particularly the profound truth found in 1 Corinthians 8:1, where it is written, "Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth…

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1 Corinthians 8:1 - "Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth."
1 Corinthians 11:8 - "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man."
1 Corinthians 16:8 - "But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost."
1 Corinthians 15:8-11
1 Corinthians 6:8 - "Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren."
1 Corinthians 8:3 - "But if any man love God, the same is known of him."
1 Corinthians 1:8 - "Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 9:8 - "Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?"
1 Corinthians 14:8 - "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?"
1 Corinthians 8:8 - "But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse."
1 Corinthians 8:5 - "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)"
1 Corinthians 12:8 - "For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;"
1 Corinthians 7:8 - "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I."
1 Corinthians 8:11 - "And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?"
1 Corinthians 8:9 - "But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak."
"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man." - 1 Corinthians 11:8
2 Corinthians 8:1 - "Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;"
1 Corinthians 15:8 - "And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time."
1 Corinthians 2:8 - "Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."
1 Corinthians 8:12 - "But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ."
"But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost." - 1 Corinthians 16:8
1 Corinthians 10:8 - "Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand."
1 Corinthians 8:2 - "And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know."
1 Corinthians 5:8 - "Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
1 Corinthians 13:8 - "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."
1 Corinthians 3:8 - "Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour."
"But if any man love God, the same is known of him." - 1 Corinthians 8:3
"Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren." - 1 Corinthians 6:8
1 Corinthians 1:8-9 - "He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."