New Testament in a Year – 1 Corinthians 8

Food Sacrificed to Idols - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Understand It

• What was troubling the Corinthians? (8:1)
• What’s the problem with knowledge? (8:1-2)
• What mistaken assumption does a person who thinks he knows something make? (8:2)
• Why is it more important to be known by God than to know about God? (8:2-3)
• How did Paul counsel the Corinthians to regard food sacrificed to idols? (8:4-13)
• What importance does God attach to idols? (8:5-6)
• Why were the Corinthian Christians continuing to struggle over the matter of idols? (8:7-8)
• How could the exercise of a believer’s freedom hurt a weaker Christian? (8:9)
• What overriding principle should govern our freedom? (8:9-13)
• How can a Christian destroy someone? (8:11)
• How did Paul limit his freedom out of sensitivity to the weaker Christians of his day? (8:13)

Apply It

• What is one attitude or action in your life that you need to limit at this point? How?
• What nurture could you give to a new Christian this week to help him or her grow stronger in the faith?