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         <div class="label">132</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 132</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.132.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, remember David</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.132.1"><span class="content">and all his self-denial.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.132.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.132.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He swore an oath to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.132.2"><span class="content">he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.132.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.132.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will not enter my house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.132.3"><span class="content">or go to my bed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.132.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.132.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will allow no sleep to my eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.132.4"><span class="content">or slumber to my eyelids,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.132.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.132.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">till I find a place for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.132.5"><span class="content">a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.132.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.132.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We heard it in Ephrathah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.132.6"><span class="content">we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">132:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. </span><span class="ft">(See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.132.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.132.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go to his dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.132.7"><span class="content">let us worship at his footstool, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.132.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.132.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8216;Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and come to your resting place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.132.8"><span class="content">you and the ark of your might.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.132.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.132.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.132.9"><span class="content">may your faithful people sing for joy.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.132.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.132.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For the sake of your servant David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.132.10"><span class="content">do not reject your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.132.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> swore an oath to David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">a sure oath he will not revoke:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">&#8220;One of your own descendants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">I will place on your throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If your sons keep my covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">and the statutes I teach them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">then their sons will sit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">on your throne for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.132.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has chosen Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.132.13"><span class="content">he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.132.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.132.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is my resting place for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.132.14"><span class="content">here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.132.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.132.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will bless her with abundant provisions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.132.15"><span class="content">her poor I will satisfy with food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.132.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.132.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will clothe her priests with salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.132.16"><span class="content">and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.132.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.132.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here I will make a horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">132:17 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.</span></span></span><span class="content"> grow for David</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.132.17"><span class="content">and set up a lamp for my anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.132.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.132.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will clothe his enemies with shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.132.18"><span class="content">but his head will be adorned with a radiant 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         <div class="label">133</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 133</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.133.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How good and pleasant it is</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.133.1"><span class="content">when God&#8217;s people live together in unity!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.133.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is like precious oil poured on the head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">running down on the beard,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">running down on Aaron&#8217;s beard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">down on the collar of his robe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It is as if the dew of Hermon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="content">were falling on Mount Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="content">For there the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bestows his blessing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="content">even life forevermore.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">134</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 134</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you servants of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="content">who minister by night in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lift up your hands in the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="content">and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.134.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.134.3"><span class="content">he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">135</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 135</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.135.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">135:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 3 and 21</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.135.1"><span class="content">Praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.135.1"><span class="content">praise him, you servants of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.135.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.135.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you who minister in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.135.2"><span class="content">in the courts of the house of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.135.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.135.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.135.3"><span class="content">sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.135.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.135.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has chosen Jacob to be his own,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.135.4"><span class="content">Israel to be his treasured possession.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.135.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.135.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is great,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.135.5"><span class="content">that our Lord is greater than all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.135.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.135.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does whatever pleases him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.135.6"><span class="content">in the heavens and on the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.135.6"><span class="content">in the seas and all their depths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.135.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.135.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.135.7"><span class="content">he sends lightning with the rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.135.7"><span class="content">and brings out the wind from his storehouses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.135.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.135.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.135.8"><span class="content">the firstborn of people and animals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.135.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.135.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.135.9"><span class="content">against Pharaoh and all his servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.135.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.135.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He struck down many nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.135.10"><span class="content">and killed mighty kings&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.135.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.135.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Sihon king of the Amorites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.135.11"><span class="content">Og king of Bashan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.135.11"><span class="content">and all the kings of Canaan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.135.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.135.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and he gave their land as an inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.135.12"><span class="content">an inheritance to his people Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.135.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.135.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, endures forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.135.13"><span class="content">your renown, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.135.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.135.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will vindicate his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.135.14"><span class="content">and have compassion on his servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.135.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.135.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The idols of the nations are silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.135.15"><span class="content">made by human hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.135.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.135.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They have mouths, but cannot speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.135.16"><span class="content">eyes, but cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.135.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.135.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They have ears, but cannot hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.135.17"><span class="content">nor is there breath in their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.135.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.135.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Those who make them will be like them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.135.18"><span class="content">and so will all who trust in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.135.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.135.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All you Israelites, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.135.19"><span class="content">house of Aaron, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.135.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.135.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">house of Levi, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.135.20"><span class="content">you who fear him, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.135.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.135.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.135.21"><span class="content">to him who dwells in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.135.21"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that &#8220;We all possess knowledge.&#8221; But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But whoever loves God is known by God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2,3 </span><span class="ft">An early manuscript and another ancient witness </span><span class="fqa">think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. </span><span class="fv">3 </span><span class="fqa">But whoever loves truly knows.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that &#8220;An idol is nothing at all in the world&#8221; and that &#8220;There is no God but one.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many &#8220;gods&#8221; and many &#8220;lords&#8221;), </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol&#8217;s temple, won&#8217;t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.</span></span></div>
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