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Bible study · 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8: Love builds up

Read 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 before you meet.

In a few lines

1 Corinthians 8 says, "Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up." (8:1), and in the Greek builds up is the same verb as emboldened in 8:10. It says, "But anyone who loves God is known by him." (8:3), and calls the one who is weak "the brother for whose sake Christ died" (8:11).

The verse to carry

“yet to 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 we live through him.”

1 Corinthians 8:6

To talk about

  1. 1. "Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up." (8:1). When have you seen knowing something, or being right, help or get in the way of building someone up?

  2. 2. "But anyone who loves God is known by him." (8:3). What does it mean to you that the verse speaks of being known by God, and not only of knowing?

  3. 3. 8:11 speaks of "the brother for whose sake Christ died" (8:11). How might seeing someone that way change how you treat them?

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