Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.’
1 Corinthians 8:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So the weak person, the brother or sister for whom Christ died, is ruined , by your knowledge. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And so by your enlightenment (your knowledge of spiritual things), this weak man is ruined (is lost and perishes)–the brother for whom Christ (the Messiah) died! American Standard Version (1901) For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died. Common English Bible The weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed by your knowledge. Catholic Public Domain Version And should an infirm brother perish by your knowledge, even though Christ died for him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died? |
Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.’
For if your brother or sister is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy, by what you eat, someone for whom Christ died.
just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
Therefore, if food causes my brother or sister to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother or sister to fall.
About eating food sacrificed to idols, then, we know that ‘an idol is nothing in the world’, and that ‘there is no God but one’.