What am I trying to say? Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods?

我是怎么说呢？岂是说祭偶像之物算得什么呢？或说偶像算得什么呢？

那么，我怎么说呢？是说祭偶像之物算得了什么吗？或说偶像算得了什么吗？

那么，我怎么说呢？是说祭偶像之物算得了什么吗？或说偶像算得了什么吗？

我这话是什么意思呢？是说偶像和祭偶像的食物有什么特别吗？

我说的是什么意思呢？偶像算得什么，还是祭过偶像的食物算得什么？

那么，我怎么说呢？难道说祭过偶像的食物算得了什么吗？或说，偶像算得了什么吗？

我是怎麼說呢？豈是說祭偶像之物算得甚麼呢？或說偶像算得甚麼呢？

那麼，我怎麼說呢？是說祭偶像之物算得了甚麼嗎？或說偶像算得了甚麼嗎？

那麼，我怎麼說呢？是說祭偶像之物算得了甚麼嗎？或說偶像算得了甚麼嗎？

我這話是什麼意思呢？是說偶像和祭偶像的食物有什麼特別嗎？

我說的是甚麼意思呢？偶像算得甚麼，還是祭過偶像的食物算得甚麼？

那我是說甚麼呢？是說祭偶像之物算得了甚麼呢？還是說偶像算得了甚麼呢？

那麼，我怎麼說呢？難道說祭過偶像的食物算得了什麼嗎？或說，偶像算得了什麼嗎？

然則何謂耶、言祭像之物為足稱乎、抑像為足稱乎、

吾非謂有主偶像者、亦非謂祭偶像之物、而物遂異、

所言何也、偶像豈足稱道乎、祭偶像之物、亦豈足稱道乎、

然則何如？豈謂祭肉足以浼我乎？抑吾目中尚有偶像其物乎？非也！

Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Do I mean that food sacrificed to a statue of a god is anything? Do I mean that a statue of a god is anything?

What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?

What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.

If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.

It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.

See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.

They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God; they have provoked my anger with their useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people; I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.

The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth.

God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.

You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these“ super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.