1 Corinthians 8:1

Food Sacrificed to Idols

8:1 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.”¹ Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Matthew 25:45

25:45 Then he will answer them,² ‘I tell you the truth,³ just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

Romans 14:15

14:15 For if your brother or sister⁴ is distressed because of what you eat,⁵ you are no longer walking in love.⁶ Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

Galatians 5:6

5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.⁷

Galatians 5:22

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit⁸ is love,⁹ joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,¹⁰

Galatians 5:1

Freedom of the Believer

5:1 For freedom¹¹ Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke¹² of slavery.

Galatians 1:5

1:5 to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen.

Galatians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul,¹³ an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

Galatians 4:8

Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law

4:8 Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.¹⁴

¹sn “We all have knowledge.” Here and in v. 4 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.

²tn Grk “answer them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁴tn Grk “brother.”

⁵tn Grk “on account of food.”

⁶tn Grk “according to love.”

⁷tn Grk “but faith working through love.”

⁸tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.

⁹sn Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a colon (love: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). It is thus possible to read the eight characteristics following “love” as defining love.

¹⁰tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.

¹¹tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter.

¹²sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.

¹³tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

¹⁴tn Grk “those that by nature…” with the word “beings” implied. BDAG 1070 s.v. φύσις 2 sees this as referring to pagan worship: “Polytheists worship…beings that are by nature no gods at all Gal 4:8.”