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1 Corinthians 7
³⁸ So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
³⁹ A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
⁴⁰ But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment--and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 8
¹ Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
² And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
³ But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
⁴ Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
⁵ For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
⁶ yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.
⁷ However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
⁸ But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.