Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageNow about food offered to idols — we like to say, "We all have knowledge." But knowledge bloats while love builds.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GNow regarding food sacrificed to idols — "We all have knowledge," we say. Yet knowledge puffs up, whilst love builds up.
KJV
King James VersionNow as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleNow about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Footnotes
εἰδωλόθυτα refers specifically to meat from animals sacrificed at pagan temples — a staple of Corinthian social and commercial life. "We all have knowledge" (πάντες γνῶσιν ἔχομεν) is almost certainly a Corinthian slogan Paul quotes before subverting it, hence the quotation marks in both versions. The sharp contrast between φυσιοῖ ("puffs up/inflates like a windbag") and οἰκοδομεῖ ("builds up," as a craftsman lays stone) is architectural wordplay; the FOG Message renders φυσιοῖ as "bloats" to sharpen the physical image.