1 Corinthians 8:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 8:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 8:7 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 8:7 — KJV
“Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.”
— 1 Corinthians 8:7 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 8:7 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 8:7
“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; emboldened: Gr. edified”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 8:7: knowledge, conscience, idol
“That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 8:7: idol, eat, thing
“Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 8:7: knowledge, idol, thing
“As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 8:7: idol, eat, thing
“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:”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 8:7: conscience, idol, eat
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