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1Cr 8:10 — For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

which hast		1Cr 8:1,2
sit		1Cr 10:20,21; Num 25:2; Jdg 9:27; Amo 2:8
shall not		1Cr 10:28,29,32; Rom 14:14,23
emboldened		Gr. edified. 1Cr 8:1.

Correlating Passages

which hast

	1Cr 8:1	Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
	1Cr 8:2	And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

sit

	1Cr 10:20	But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
	1Cr 10:21	Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
	Num 25:2	And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
	Jdg 9:27	And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
	Amo 2:8	And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god.

shall not

	1Cr 10:28	But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
	1Cr 10:29	Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?
	1Cr 10:32	Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
	Rom 14:14	I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
	Rom 14:23	And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.

emboldened

1Cr 8:1

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

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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "1 Corinthians 8:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Cr/8/10.html>.

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