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Craig A. Brittingham, Pastor
Hillside Baptist Church
October 26, 2025

“Knowledge, Liberty and Love” – 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1A. “Concerning meat offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge.” (vv. 1-6)
1b. Though we cannot be sure, this may have been a quotation from the letter sent to Paul (cf. 7:1).
2b. Paul identified this knowledge in verses 4-6.
1c. Idols are nothing, and the gods they represent do not exist.
2c. Though there are many “so-called gods,” but there is only one true God.

2A. However, there is not in everyone this knowledge (vv. 7-13).
1b. The believer with a weak conscience cannot partake of idol food without feeling guilty (cf. Rom. 14:14).
2b. “Strong” Christians (cf. Romans 14:15, 15:1), or those “who have knowledge” (vs. 10) must because of love limit their liberty if the exercise of it causes weak believers to stumble into sin.

Questions…
1. What does it mean that knowledge puffs up?
2. What is the knowledge to which Paul refers in this context?
3. What does it mean for a believer to have a weak conscience?
4. The debatable issue in this passage is whether or not it was acceptable to God to eat meat that had been offered to an idol. Was it a sin to eat it? Please defend your answer with scripture.
5. How was/is a strong believer (Romans 14-15) or the one with knowledge (vs. 10) to love the weak believer in these cases?
6. It seems that the strong could cause serious damage to the weak. How? What is the damage?
7. Could the weak believer actually lose his or her salvation?
8. If not, what does it mean that the weak brother may perish?