Paul addresses the matter of food sacrificed to idols. He talks about knowledge and how knowledge puffs up, making one proud. However, love builds up, encouraging one another. This idea of knowledge is applied to the knowledge of meat sacrificed to idols.
Some people know that idols aren't really anything. We know that there is one God and he is the one we serve and follow. However, some think much of these idols as if they were actually something of significance. There are often sacrifices of food to these idols, and some thinking these idols to be something and stay away from meat sacrificed to these idols. Though some know that this food means nothing and can eat it regardless of its being offered to an idol, they should refrain from it for the sake of those with a weaker conscience. This is described as being a stumbling block to others. If eating this food causes a brother to stumble, we should simply refrain from eating that food.
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