1 Corinthians 10:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ 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

²⁹ 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)

²⁹ conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other’s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

Common English Bible

²⁹ 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

²⁹ 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

²⁹ 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 anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no occasion of stumbling, either 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 not ye my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:19

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

2 Corinthians 8:21

for we take thought for things honourable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.