1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 8:1–2
1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 Corinthians 8:1
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| about | Περὶ | Peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| sacrificed to idols | εἰδωλοθύτων | eidōlothytōn | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1494 sacrificed to an image |
| We know | οἴδαμεν | oidamen | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| we all have | ἔχομεν | echomen | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| knowledge | γνῶσιν | gnōsin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1108 knowledge, doctrine, wisdom |
| Knowledge | γνῶσις | gnōsis | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1108 knowledge, doctrine, wisdom |
| puffs up | φυσιοῖ | physioi | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5448 I inflate, puff up |
| but | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| love | ἀγάπη | agapē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G26 love |
| builds up | οἰκοδομεῖ | oikodomei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3618 I build, build up, edify |
1 Corinthians 8:2
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The one who | τις | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| thinks | δοκεῖ | dokei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1380 I think, seem, appear, it seems |
| he knows | ἐγνωκέναι | egnōkenai | Verb - Perfect Infinitive Active | G1097 I come to know, learn, realize |
| something | τι | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| does not yet know | ἔγνω | egnō | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1097 I come to know, learn, realize |
| as | καθὼς | kathōs | Adverb | G2531 just as, as |
| he ought | δεῖ | dei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1163 it is necessary, inevitable |
| to know | γνῶναι | gnōnai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G1097 I come to know, learn, realize |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Corinthians 8:1 1 Corinthians 8:7 · Isaiah 5:21 · Romans 14:3 · 1 Corinthians 8:4 · Revelation 2:14 · 1 Corinthians 8:2 · Romans 15:14 · 1 Corinthians 15:34 · Ephesians 4:16 · 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 · Acts 15:19–20 · Numbers 25:2
1 Corinthians 8:2 1 Corinthians 13:12 · 1 Corinthians 3:18 · Proverbs 26:12 · Galatians 6:3 · 1 Timothy 6:3–4 · 1 Corinthians 13:8–9 · Proverbs 30:2–4 · 1 Timothy 1:5–7 · Romans 11:25
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.