In this daily Bible reading Paul tells the Corinthian’s that ‘knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies.’ As we get to know the Bible better, there is a tendency to become arrogant in our knowledge. This arrogance might become visible when we speak to a fellow believer who is not as knowledgeable as we might be.
Paul illustrated this tendency with an example. The example Paul used was regarding a fellow believer thinking it was a sin to eat meat that was sacrificed to idols. Knowing that eating the meat is not a sin, the stronger believer might influence the weaker believer to eat the meat.
Paul said that if we use our liberty to influence our fellow believer to act in a way that he or she believes is sinful, it is indeed a sin to them. They are acting against their conscience and believe that they are committing a sin.
Therefore, we should not necessarily act according to our knowledge, which gives us freedom. We are rather to act with love and avoid causing another to do what they think is wrong.
