New Century Version

1 Corinthians 8:1-5 New Century Version (NCV)

1. Now I will write about meat that is sacrificed to idols. We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs you up with pride, but love builds up.

2. If you think you know something, you do not yet know anything as you should.

3. But if any person loves God, that person is known by God.

4. So this is what I say about eating meat sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know there is only one God.

5. Even though there are things called gods, in heaven or on earth (and there are many “gods” and “lords”),