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Things offered unto idols (εἰδωλοθύτων)
See on Rev 2:14.
We know that we all, etc.
The arrangement of the text is in question. Evidently a parenthesis intervenes between the beginning of 1Co 8:1 and 1Co 8:4. It seems best to begin this parenthesis with knowledge puffeth up, and to end it with known of him (1Co 8:3).
We all have knowledge (πάντες γνῶσιν ἔχομεν)
The exact reference of these words must remain uncertain. Some understand Paul himself and the more enlightened Corinthians. Others, all Christians. All the expositions are but guesses. I prefer, on the whole, the view that Paul is here repeating, either verbally or in substance, a passage from the letter of the Corinthians to him. In that case the sense is slightly ironical: “We know, to use your own words, that we all have knowledge.” The parenthesis thus comes in with an appropriate cautionary force.
Puffeth up
See on 1Co 4:6. The contrast is striking between puffing up and building up - a bubble and a building.