but instead that we write to them, that they should keep themselves from the defilement of idols, and from fornication, and from whatever has been suffocated, and from blood.
1 Corinthians 8:13 - Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, if food leads my brother to sin, I will never eat meat, lest I lead my brother to sin. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, if [my eating a] food is a cause of my brother's falling or of hindering [his spiritual advancement], I will not eat [such] flesh forever, lest I cause my brother to be tripped up and fall and to be offended. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble. Common English Bible This is why, if food causes the downfall of my brother or sister, I won’t eat meat ever again, or else I may cause my brother or sister to fall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother. English Standard Version 2016 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble. |
but instead that we write to them, that they should keep themselves from the defilement of idols, and from fornication, and from whatever has been suffocated, and from blood.
Therefore, we should no longer judge one another. Instead, judge this to a greater extent: that you should not place an obstacle before your brother, nor lead him astray.
It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened.
Be without offense toward the Jews, and toward the Gentiles, and toward the Church of God,
just as I also, in all things, please everyone, not seeking what is best for myself, but what is best for many others, so that they may be saved.
Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.
All is lawful to me, but not all is expedient. All is lawful to me, but I will not be driven back by the authority of anyone.
If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.