1 Corinthians 8:9 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁹ Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Only be careful that this power of choice (this permission and liberty to do as you please) which is yours, does not [somehow] become a hindrance (cause of stumbling) to the weak or overscrupulous [giving them an impulse to sin].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

Common English Bible

⁹ But watch out or else this freedom of yours might be a problem for those who are weak.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ But be careful not to let your liberty become a cause of sin to those who are weak.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.

1 Corinthians 8:9 Cross References

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 57:14

And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.”

Ezekiel 14:3

“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces; should I let myself be inquired of at all by them?

Ezekiel 44:12

Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, says the Lord God, that they shall bear their punishment.

Leviticus 19:14

You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Matthew 18:10

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Romans 15:1

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

1 Corinthians 10:24

Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

1 Corinthians 10:28

(But if some one says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then out of consideration for the man who informed you, and for conscience' sake—

1 Corinthians 10:29

I mean his conscience, not yours—do not eat it.) For why should my liberty be determined by another man's scruples?

1 Corinthians 10:32

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

1 Corinthians 8:10

For if any one sees you, a man of knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, might he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?

1 Corinthians 8:12

Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

2 Corinthians 11:21

To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever any one dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

2 Corinthians 6:3

We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality.