1 Corinthians 8:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ So, this weak brother, for whose sake Christ died, becomes [spiritually] destroyed, [and all] because of your “knowledge” [i.e., you know that such eating is harmless, but your weak brother does not know this, so he is led into sin by your unloving example].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed by your knowledge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And should an infirm brother perish by your knowledge, even though Christ died for him?

1 Corinthians 8:11 Cross References

John 6:27

Do not work for the [kind of] food that spoils, but for the kind that lasts until never ending life. The Son of man will give you this [kind of food], for God the Father has placed His seal [of approval] on Him.”

Romans 14:15

For if your brother is hurt [spiritually] by [your eating certain] food, you are no longer acting lovingly [toward him]. Do not destroy [spiritually] the person Christ died for by what you eat.

1 Corinthians 10:33

For even I myself [try] to please everyone in every way, and not to look out [just] for my own good, but [also] for the good of many people, so that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if [eating certain] foods causes my brother to fall away [from God], I will never eat meat again, so I do not cause my brother to fall away.

1 Corinthians 8:4

Now concerning [the matter of] eating foods [once] offered as sacrifices to idols, we know that an idol is [really] nothing in the world [at all], and that there is only one God.