1 Corinthians 8:9

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So be careful how you use your rights. Make sure you don’t cause someone who’s weaker than you to fall into sin.

Cross References

Galatians 5:13

My brothers and sisters, you were called to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to live under the power of sin. Instead, serve one another humbly in love.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free people, but don’t use your freedom to cover up evil. Live as people who are God’s slaves.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise to give them freedom, but they themselves are slaves to depravity. That’s because “people are slaves to anything that controls them.”

1 Corinthians 10:24

No one should look out only for their own interests. Instead, they should look out for the interests of others.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don’t do anything that causes other people to trip and fall, whether Jews or Greeks or God’s church.

1 Corinthians 9:22

To those who are weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

1 Corinthians 8:12

If you sin against them that way and wound their weak conscience, you’re actually sinning against Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:10

Suppose that you, with all of your knowledge, are eating in a temple of one of those gods. And suppose someone whose conscience is weak sees you. Won’t that person think it’s okay to eat food sacrificed to honor “gods” and be encouraged to do so?

Revelation 2:14

‘But I hold you responsible for a few things. Some of you are following the teaching of Balaam, who showed Balak how to lead the people of Israel into sin. They ate food offered to idols and they committed sexual sins.

2 Corinthians 11:21

I’m ashamed to say that I was too weak for that! Whatever anyone else dares to brag about— I’m speaking like a fool—I also dare to brag about.

1 Corinthians 10:29

I’m talking about the other person’s conscience, not yours. Why should my freedom be judged by what someone else thinks?

Romans 15:1

We who are strong should accommodate those who are weak and not please only ourselves.

Matthew 18:10

“Make sure you don’t look down on one of these little ones. I tell you, their angels in heaven see face to face my Father who is in heaven.

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if someone says to you, “This food has been sacrificed to an idol,” then don’t eat it, for the sake of the person who told you and for the sake of conscience.

2 Corinthians 6:3

We don’t put anything in anyone’s way, so no one should find fault with our work.

2 Corinthians 11:29

If anyone is weak, I feel weak. If anyone is led into sin, I burn on the inside.

Colossians 2:8

Make sure that no one makes you their prisoner through false and deceptive reasoning, through ideas that depend on human teachings and the basic spiritual powers of this world rather than on Christ.