哥林多前書8:7-13

8:7 但人不都有這等知識。有人到如今因拜慣了偶像，就以為所吃的是祭偶像之物。他們的良心既然軟弱，也就污穢了。
8:8 其實食物不能叫上帝看中我們，因為我們不吃也無損，吃也無益。
8:9 只是你們要謹慎，恐怕你們這自由竟成了那軟弱人的絆腳石。
8:10 若有人見你這有知識的，在偶像的廟裡坐席，這人的良心若是軟弱，豈不放膽去吃那祭偶像之物嗎？
8:11 因此，基督為他死的那軟弱弟兄，也就因你的知識沉淪了。
8:12 你們這樣得罪弟兄們，傷了他們軟弱的良心，就是得罪基督。
8:13 所以，食物若叫我弟兄跌倒，我就永遠不吃肉，免得叫我弟兄跌倒了。

 ⁷ But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. ⁸ But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
⁹ Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? ¹¹ So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. ¹² When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

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    保羅在此警告自以為有知識的信徒，不要以為靠知識支持，可以吃祭偶像之物，就放心的吃，不顧其他信心軟弱的弟兄姊妹。他們看見有人吃祭偶像之物，以致於他們也吃了，可是內心卻覺得不平安，覺得自己得罪上帝了！

    這有就是說，有人因為知識所帶來的自由，卻造成別人的不平安，就是傷了軟弱的良心！就如保羅所說的：「基督為他死的那軟弱弟兄，也就因你的知識沉淪了。你們這樣得罪弟兄們，傷了他們軟弱的良心，就是得罪基督。」

    所以，我們不能因為自己有知識，就自以為我們有權力可以做什麼，反到要謙卑善用知識來幫助人。但是不可以知識就是真理，反到要顧及軟弱的弟兄姊妹，使他們不因為我們的知識遠離上帝，反到要用知是使他們親近上帝。就如「因信稱義」，可以使他們享受福音的自由，不受到罪惡和律法的權勢壓迫，就要勇敢傳講！