But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
1 Corinthians 8:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Wherefore, if meat maketh my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I make not my brother to stumble. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, if [my eating a] food is a cause of my brother's falling or of hindering [his spiritual advancement], I will not eat [such] flesh forever, lest I cause my brother to be tripped up and fall and to be offended. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble. Common English Bible This is why, if food causes the downfall of my brother or sister, I won’t eat meat ever again, or else I may cause my brother or sister to fall. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, if food leads my brother to sin, I will never eat meat, lest I lead my brother to sin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother. |
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.
Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.
If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;