1 Cor. 8

I was surprised to see such a short chapter here in the middle of 1 Corinthians. Three great versus:

"Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies." v. 1b

"...yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him." v. 6

"Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble." v. 13

The knowledge Paul is talking about here is the knowledge of the freedom that we do not have to refrain from any kinds of foods to be saved and loved by God. The Jews were still so new to that freedom that many were still following the old laws of what foods were clean and unclean. Love for the person is more important than clinging to the freedom, so if it bothers someone to see you eat the "wrong" thing, don't eat it, for his sake.

The way I relate is more with drinking than food.  So many people in the church believe it is some sort of sin to drink alcohol; if I was with one of them, I would not have my glass of wine. Funny though, alcohol - wine - was never an unclean food in the Bible. LOL