Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.*
1 Corinthians 8:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Messiah died. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died. Common English Bible The weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed by your knowledge. Catholic Public Domain Version And should an infirm brother perish by your knowledge, even though Christ died for him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died? |
Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.*
Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Messiah died.
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble.
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.