1. Principle: Love and knowledge often stand in opposition to each other (1‑3).

• Knowledge is a dangerous thing, it can lead to a focus on self.
• Knowledge is a dangerous thing, it can lead you to believe you have arrived.
• Love is considerate and seeks to build others up.

Action: Evaluate your use of knowledge. Does it stand in opposition to love?

2. Case Study: Without careful consideration, knowledge can cause significant damage to a brother or sister in Christ (4‑8).

• Knowledge: An idol is nothing (4‑6).
• Reality: Not everyone fully understands that an idol is nothing (7).
• Knowledge: Food itself does not change your relationship with God (8).
• Reality: Your knowledge, applied without consideration for another, can cause them to stumble (9).

Action: Take this case study and look at other aspects of life through this lens.

3. Debrief: Knowledge must take a backseat to love (10‑13).

• In general, we follow the lead of those who we look up to (10).
• To lead a brother or sister into sin is to directly sin against Christ yourself (11‑12).
• What may be acceptable for one individual is sin for another (13a).
• Love may require a hyperbolic response (13b).

Action: Ask yourself, is there something that I am holding on to that may be causing another to stumble?

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