The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

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- Kapitel 8 -

(Ezekiel 14:1–11; Romans 14:13–23)

Now, about the question you asked regarding eating food that was offered to idols: We know that people say, “We all have knowledge.” But if you think you know a lot, you can become very proud of yourself. If, however, when you love others, you help them grow strong in their faith.

The truth is that if someone assumes he knows something, he has not yet learned the humbleness he needs to know.

When you love God, God knows you.

Now about eating food sacrificed to idols: Let us begin with this principle: Just as some say, “Idols in this world do not actually exist,” and, as Moses taught, “There is only one God.” So idols are not real gods; they are not living gods at all.

But I know that some people say that many gods and lords exist in the heavens or on the earth, after all, there are many supernatural beings who have real power.

Yet even so, we say, “There is one God, the Father, from him come all things, and for him we live. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ; he made everything there is, and he is the one who gives us life.”

But not everyone knows this. Some worshiped an idol in earlier times, and, now, if they eat food sacrificed to an idol, they worry that they are still worshiping a god. They are torn between two opinions, and they are weak in their faith in Messiah, so they feel they are honoring an idol when they eat food that has been offered to it.

We know that the food we eat does not make us better or worse before God.

But what is important is your brothers and sisters in Messiah. You are free to eat that food, but you should not cause people to fall down in their faith because you have the freedom to eat it.

You know that idols were never alive, nor were they gods at all. But if brothers and sisters who do not know the difference between right and wrong see you eating in an idol’s temple, they would think you were encouraging them to turn back to their idolatry.

As a result, if your weaker brother or sister sees you eat meat offered to idols because you have freedom in your mind to eat that food but they did not have the same freedom, you by acting as a free person could destroy your fellow believer for whom Messiah died.

So, you sin against your weaker brothers and sisters when you encourage them to do something that their sense of right and wrong tells them not to do. This is sinning against Messiah.

Therefore, if my brother or sister are unable to serve God well because they have seen me eat something, I will never eat meat again! I do not want to do anything that causes them to fall.

Seid sensibel für das Gewissen

(Hesekiel 14,1-11; Römer 14,13-23)

Hinsichtlich dessen aber, was den Götzen geopfert wird, wissen wir, weil wir alle Erkenntnis haben. Die Erkenntnis macht aufgeblasen, die Liebe hingegen erbaut.

Wenn aber jemand vermeint, etwas zu wissen, so hat er noch nicht erkannt, wie er wissen muss.

Wenn jemand Gott liebt, der ist von ihm erkannt.

In Betreff der Speisen aber, welche den Götzen geopfert werden, wissen wir, dass ein Götze nichts in der Welt ist, und dass kein Gott ist, als nur der eine.

Denn wenn es auch sogenannte Götter gibt, sei es im Himmel, sei es auf Erden (wie es denn viele Götter gibt und viele Herren),

so haben wir doch nur einen Gott, den Vater, von dem alles ist, und für den wir sind; und einen Herrn, Jesus Christus, durch welchen alles ist, und wir durch ihn.

Allein nicht alle haben die Erkenntnis; vielmehr essen einige, mit ihren noch nicht abgelegten Begriffen von den Götzen, es als Götzenopfer, und ihr Gewissen wird, weil es schwach ist, dadurch befleckt.

Speise gibt uns keinen Wert bei Gott. Denn weder werden wir etwas voraus haben, wenn wir essen, noch nachstehen, wenn wir nicht essen.

Sehet aber zu, dass diese eure Freiheit nicht etwa den Schwachen zum Anstoß werde.

Denn wenn jemand den, welcher die Erkenntnis hat, im Götzentempel zu Tische sitzen sieht, wird nicht sein Gewissen, da es schwach ist, ermutigt werden, Götzenopfer zu essen?

So wird durch deine Erkenntnis der schwache Bruder verloren gehen, um dessen willen Christus gestorben ist.

Wenn ihr auch aber so gegen die Brüder versündigt und ihr schwaches Gewissen verletzt, sündigt ihr gegen Christus.

Darum werde ich, wenn eine Speise meinem Bruder Anstoß gibt, kein Fleisch essen in Ewigkeit, damit ich meinem Bruder nicht Anstoß gebe.