1 Corinthians 8:12
10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
- KJV
- But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
- WEB
- Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
- ASV
- And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.
- DARBY
- Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
- BLB
- And thus sinning against the brothers and wounding their conscience, [it] being weak, you⁺ sin against Christ.
- ÅB
- Men når dere slik synder mot deres brødre og sårer deres skrøpelige samvittighet, da synder dere mot Kristus.
- OTB
- Dermed, ved å synde mot brødrene og søstrene og skade deres samvittighet når den er svak, synder dere mot Kristus.
- B1930
- Men når I således synder mot eders brødre og sårer deres skrøpelige samvittighet, da synder I mot Kristus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 18:6
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Read in contextMatthew 25:45
Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:12
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:25
If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
Read in contextActs 9:4–5
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
Read in context1 Samuel 19:4–5
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
Read in contextMatthew 18:21
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Read in contextGenesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
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