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！
