1 Corinthians 10:29
27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
28 But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
- KJV
- Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
- WEB
- Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
- ASV
- conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other`s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
- DARBY
- but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
- BLB
- and I do not say your own conscience, but that of the other; for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?
- ÅB
- Jeg mener ikke ens egen samvittighet, men nestens. For hvorfor skal min frihet dømmes av en annens samvittighet?
- OTB
- Jeg mener ikke deres egen samvittighet, men den andres; for hvorfor skal min frihet dømmes av en annens samvittighet?
- B1930
- Jeg mener ikke ens egen samvittighet, men næstens. For hvorfor skal min frihet dømmes av en annens samvittighet?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 9:19
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Read in contextRomans 14:15–21
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:9–13
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:32
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:21
For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.
Read in context