1 Corinthians 8:13

1 Corinthians 8:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

Context of 1 Corinthians 8:13

11and the weak [one], the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge. 12Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother.

1 Corinthians 8:13 word by word

διόπερ εἰ βρῶμα σκανδαλίζει τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, οὐ μὴ φάγω κρέα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἵνα μὴ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου σκανδαλίσω.¶Read the interlinear

• meatκρέαςkreas · meatG2907
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 8:13

• 1 Corinthians 6:12All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
• 1 Corinthians 9:12If others partake of this right over you, should not rather we? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 10:33Even as I also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
• 1 Corinthians 11:1Be my imitators, even as I also [am] of Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 13:5does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
• Romans 14:21[It is] right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor [do anything] in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
• 2 Corinthians 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
• 2 Timothy 3:8Now in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the faith.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 8:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Wherefore, etc. - Rather than give any occasion to a Christian to sin against and so to harden his conscience that he should return to idolatry and perish, I would not only abstain from all meats offered to idols, but I would eat no flesh, should I exist through the whole course of time, but live on the herbs of the field, rather than cause my brother to stumble, and thus fall into idolatry and final ruin. The following words of Origen contain a very…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Wherefore - As the conclusion of the whole matter. If meat … - Paul here proposes his own views and feelings, or tells them how he would act in order to show them how they should act in these circumstances. Make my brother to offend - Lead him into sin; or shall be the cause of leading him into error and guilt. It does not mean, if the eating of meat should “enrage or irritate” another; but if it is the occasion of his being led into transgression. How…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Eating one kind of food, and abstaining from another, have nothing in them to recommend a person to God. But the apostle cautions against putting a stumbling-block in the way of the weak; lest they be made bold to eat what was offered to the idol, not as common food, but as a sacrifice, and thereby be guilty of idolatry. He who has the Spirit of Christ in him, will love those whom Christ loved so as to die for them. Injuries done to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Personal rights must come second to the greater responsibility of not causing another believer to struggle.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. meat--Old English for "food" in general. make ... to offend--Greek, "is a stumbling-block to." no flesh--In order to ensure my avoiding flesh offered to idols, I would abstain from all kinds of flesh, in order not to be a stumbling-block to my brother.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 8:13

• Commandments
• Conscience
• Evil
• Example
• Expediency
• Fraternity
• Idolatry
• Prudence
• Self-Denial
• Stumbling
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Charity
• Commend
• Offend
• Perish
• Touching
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Drunkenness
• Flesh
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Nicolaitans

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings