1 Corinthians 8:1
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
γνῶσις
Knowledge
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γνῶσις
Knowledge, understanding, insight. Gnosis. The knowledge of God. True knowledge begins with knowing God. All other knowledge is context. This is the content.
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οἰκοδομέω
builds up.
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οἰκοδομέω
To build, to construct, to edify. Build one another up. Every believer is both a building and a builder. You are being built up and you are building others.
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ἔχω
we have.
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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εἰδωλόθυτον
idol-sacrifices,
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εἰδωλόθυτον
an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
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φυσιόω
puffs up,
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φυσιόω
to inflate, i.e. (figuratively) make proud (haughty)
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