8Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that "we all have knowledge" about this issue. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church.G1161G4012G1494G1492G3754G3956G2192G1108G1108G5448G1161G26G36182Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn't really know very much.G1161G1536G1380G1492G5100G1097G3762G3764G2531G1163G10973But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.G1161G1536G25G2316G3778G1097G5259G8464So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.G4012G3767G1035G1494G1492G3754G1497G3762G1722G2889G2532G3754G3762G2087G2316G1508G15205There may be so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, and some people actually worship many gods and many lords.G1063G1512G2532G1526G3004G2316G1535G1722G3772G1535G1909G1093G5618G1526G2316G4183G2532G2962G41836But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.G235G2254G1520G2316G3962G1537G3739G3956G2532G2249G1519G846G2532G1520G2962G2424G5547G1223G3739G3956G2532G2249G1223G8467However, not all believers know this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated.G235G3756G1722G3956G1108G1161G5100G4893G1497G2193G737G2068G5613G1494G2532G846G4893G5607G772G34358It's true that we can't win God's approval by what we eat. We don't lose anything if we don't eat it, and we don't gain anything if we do.G1161G1033G3936G2248G3756G2316G1063G3777G1437G5315G4052G3777G3362G5315G3362G53029But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble.G1161G991G3381G4458G3778G1849G5216G1096G4348G77010For if others see you—with your "superior knowledge"—eating in the temple of an idol, won't they be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been offered to an idol?G1063G1437G5100G1492G4571G3588G2192G1108G2621G1722G1493G3618G3780G4893G846G5607G772G3618G1519G2068G149411So because of your superior knowledge, a weak believer for whom Christ died will be destroyed.G2532G1909G4674G1108G622G770G80G622G1223G3739G5547G59912And when you sin against other believers by encouraging them to do something they believe is wrong, you are sinning against Christ.G1161G264G3779G1519G80G2532G5180G846G770G4893G264G1519G554713So if what I eat causes another believer to sin, I will never eat meat again as long as I live—for I don't want to cause another believer to stumble.G1355G1487G1033G4624G3450G80G4624G5315G3364G2907G1519G165G3363G4624G3450G80G4624