1 Corinthians 8
1 Corinthians chapter 8 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 For thouy ther ben summe that ben seid goddis, ethir in heuene, ether in erthe, as ther ben many goddis, and many lordis;
2 netheles to vs is o God, the fadir, of whom ben alle thingis, and we in hym; and o Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom ben alle thingis, and we bi hym.
3 But not in alle men is kunnyng. For summen with conscience of ydol til now eten as thing offrid to idolis; and her conscience is defoulid, for it is sijk.
4 Mete comendith vs not to God; for nether we schulen faile, if we eten not, nether if we eten, we schulen haue plente.
5 But se ye, lest perauenture this your leeue be maad hurtyng to sijke men.
6 For if ony man schal se hym, that hath kunnyng, etynge in a place where idols ben worschipid, whethir his conscience, sithen it is sijke, schal not be edified to ete thingis offrid to idols?
7 And the sijk brothir, for whom Crist diede, schal perische in thi kunnyng.
8 For thus ye synnyng ayens britheren, and smytynge her sijk conscience synnen ayens Crist.
9 Wherfor if mete sclaundrith my brother, Y schal neuere ete fleisch, lest Y sclaundre my brothir.
11 Whether Y am not fre? Am Y not apostle? Whether Y saiy not Crist Jhesu, oure Lord? Whether ye ben not my werk in the Lord?
12 And thouy to othere Y am not apostle, but netheles to you Y am; for ye ben the litle signe of myn apostlehed in the Lord.
13 My defense to hem that axen me, that is.
