1 Now, concerning what you wrote about food offered to idols.It is true, of course, that “all of us have knowledge”, as they say. Such knowledge, however, puffs a person up with pride; but love builds up.
2 Those who think they know something really don't know as they ought to know.
3 But the person who loves God is known by him.
4 So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God.
5 Even if there are so-called “gods”, whether in heaven or on earth, and even though there are many of these “gods” and “lords”,