1 Corinthians 10:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I mean the other’s conscience, not your own. For why should my freedom be subject to the judgment of someone else’s conscience?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I mean for the sake of his conscience, not yours, [do not eat it]. For why should another man's scruples apply to me and my liberty of action be determined by his conscience?

American Standard Version (1901)

conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other’s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

Common English Bible

Now when I say “conscience” I don’t mean yours but the other person’s. Why should my freedom be judged by someone else’s conscience?

Catholic Public Domain Version

But I am referring to the conscience of the other person, not to yours. For why should my liberty be judged by the conscience of another?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Conscience, I say, not thy own, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience?

1 Corinthians 10:29 Cross References

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:19

For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.

2 Corinthians 8:21

for we are setting our minds on what is right not only before the Lord but also before the people.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.