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1 Corinthians 8:7

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.

KJV

ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐν πᾶσιν ἡ γνῶσις· τινὲς δὲ τῇ συνηθείᾳ ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλου ὡς εἰδωλόθυτον ἐσθίουσιν, καὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτῶν ἀσθενὴς οὖσα μολύνεται.

Greek NT

Sed non in omnibus est scientia. Quidam autem cum conscientia usque nunc idoli, quasi idolothytum manducant : et conscientia ipsorum cum sit infirma, polluitur.

Vulgate

Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

ASV

But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this present, with conscience of the idol, eat as a thing sacrificed to an idol: and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γνῶσις
gnosis
noun · 29×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰδωλόθυτον
eidolothuton
adjective · 10×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδωλον
eidolon
noun · 11×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μολύνω
moluno
verb · 3×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
συνήθεια
sunetheia
noun · 3×
συνείδησις
suneidesis
noun · 31×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀσθενής
asthenes
adjective · 25×
ἄρτι
arti
adverb · 33×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐσθίω
esthio
verb · 65×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: συνηθείᾳ | WH/Treg/NIV: συνηθείᾳ | RP: συνειδήσει
  • συνηθείᾳSBLGNT
  • συνηθείᾳWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • συνειδήσειRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλου | WH/Treg/NIV: ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλου | RP: τοῦ εἰδώλου ἕως ἄρτι
  • ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλουSBLGNT
  • ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τοῦ εἰδώλου ἕως ἄρτιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

It is one and the same God Whom both the Old and the New Testament proclaim, Who is praised and glorified in the Trinity: I have come, says the Lord, not to destroy the law but to fulfil it. Matthew 5:17 For He Himself worked out our salvation for which all Scripture and all mystery exists. And again, Search the Scriptures for they are they that testify of Me. John 5:39 And the…
That although inferences and deductions from Scripture premises, when justly inferred, may be truly called the doctrine of God's holy word, yet are they not formally binding upon the consciences of Christians farther than they perceive the connection.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
  • 1Cor 6:12 — All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
  • 1Cor 8:1 — Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
  • 1Cor 8:9 — But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
  • 1Cor 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;
  • 1Cor 10:25 — Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
  • 1Cor 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:
  • 1Cor 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:
  • 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • Col 2:16 — Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
  • Dan 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mig
  • Exod 34:15 — Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
  • Rom 14:1 — Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
  • Rom 14:5 — One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
  • 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 14:14 — 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 14:22 — Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
  • 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.
  • Rom 15:14 — And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
  • Titus 1:15 — Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.