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First CorinthiansChapter 8 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we 1know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no God but one.
For even if there are so-called gods, either in heaven or on earth, even as there are many gods and many lords,
But food will not commend us to God; neither if we do not eat are we lacking, nor if we eat do we 1abound.
For if anyone sees you who have knowledge reclining at table in an idol temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be 1emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idols?
For the one who is weak is being 1destroyed by your knowledge, the brother because of whom Christ died.
And sinning in this way against the brothers and 1wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
1א (Aleph) PsalmsChapter 119 Surely they do no wrong;
They walk in His ways. You have commanded that Your precepts
Be diligently kept. Then I will not be put to shame,
When I regard all Your commandments. I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart
When I learn Your righteous ordinances. I will keep Your statutes;
Do not utterly forsake me. With all my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments. In my heart I have treasured up Your word
That I might not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Jehovah;
Teach me Your statutes. With my lips I have declared
All the ordinances of Your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies
As much as in all riches. I will take delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word. Deal bountifully with Your servant that I may live
And keep Your word. Open my eyes that I may behold
Wondrous things out of Your law. I am a sojourner in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me. My soul is crushed with longing
For Your ordinances at all times. You have rebuked the proud, the cursed,
Who wander from Your commandments. Roll away from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies. Princes as well have sat and spoken against me,
But Your servant mused upon Your statutes. Also Your testimonies are my delight;
They are my counselors. My soul clings to the dust;
Enliven me according to Your word. I have recounted my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes. Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts,
And I will muse upon Your wondrous deeds. My soul melts because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word. Remove from me the way of falsehood,
And graciously grant me Your law. I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
Your ordinances I have set before me. I cling to Your testimonies;
O Jehovah, do not put me to shame. I run the way of Your commandments,
For You enlarge my heart. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of Your statutes;
And I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I will observe Your law;
Indeed I will keep it with all my heart. Cause me to go on the path of Your commandments,
For in it I delight. Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to unjust gain. Turn my eyes from beholding vanity,
And enliven me in Your ways. Confirm to Your servant Your word,
Which is for fearing You. Turn away my reproach, which I fear;
For Your ordinances are good. Behold, I have longed after Your precepts;
Enliven me in Your righteousness. May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O Jehovah,
Your salvation according to Your word. Thus I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,
For I trust in Your word. And do not take the word of truth utterly from my mouth,
For I have hoped in Your ordinances. Thus I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever. And I will walk at liberty,
For I have sought Your precepts. I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And not be ashamed. And I will take delight in Your commandments,
Which I love. And I will 1lift up my hand to Your commandments, which I love;
And I will muse upon Your statutes. Remember the word to Your servant
In which You have made me hope. The proud have derided me greatly;
I have not swerved from Your law. I have remembered Your ordinances from long ago,
O Jehovah, and have comforted myself. Raging indignation seizes me because of the wicked,
Who forsake Your law. Your statutes have become my songs of praise
In the house of my pilgrimage. I have remembered Your name
In the night, O Jehovah, And have kept Your law. This has been mine,
That I have kept Your precepts. Jehovah is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words. I considered my ways
And turned my feet toward Your testimonies. I hurried and did not delay
To keep Your commandments. The cords of the wicked surround me,
But I have not forgotten Your law. At midnight I rise up to give thanks to You
Because of Your righteous ordinances. I am a companion to all who fear You
And to those who keep Your precepts. Your lovingkindness, O Jehovah, fills the earth;
Teach me Your statutes. You have dealt well with Your servant,
O Jehovah, according to Your word. Teach me proper discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments. Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
But now I keep Your word. You are good and One who does good;
Teach me Your statutes. The proud have plastered lies against me;
With my whole heart I will keep Your precepts. Their heart is heavy as with fat;
But I delight in Your law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I might learn Your statutes. The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding that I may learn Your commandments. Those who fear You will see me and rejoice,
For I have hoped in Your word. I know, O Jehovah, that Your judgments are righteous
And that in faithfulness You afflicted me. Let Your lovingkindness, I beseech You, be my comfort,
According to Your word to Your servant. Let Your compassions come to me, and I will live;
For Your law is my delight. Let the proud be put to shame, for they have subverted my cause with a lie;
But I will muse upon Your precepts. Let those who fear You turn to me,
And they will know Your testimonies. May my heart be perfect in Your statutes,
That I may not be put to shame. My soul faints while longing for Your salvation;
I hope in Your word. My eyes faint while longing for Your word,
As I say, When will You comfort me? For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke;
But I do not forget Your statutes. How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute justice upon my persecutors? The proud have dug pits for me,
Those who are not according to Your law. All Your commandments are faithful;
They persecute me falsely; help me. They have almost consumed me upon the earth;
But I have not forsaken Your precepts. Enliven me according to Your lovingkindness,
And I will keep the testimony of Your mouth. |