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1 Corinthians 10:29
29It may not cause your own thoughts to have trouble. But the other person may not be sure if it is right to eat that kind of food. Perhaps you will say, ‘Why should another person's thoughts decide what is right for me? I am free to do what I want.
1 Corinthians 10:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
- New International Version (NIV)I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
- English Standard Version (ESV)I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?
Context of 1 Corinthians 10:29
27People who do not believe in Christ may ask you to eat a meal with them. Agree to go to his home, if you want to. Then you should eat whatever food they give to you. Do not ask questions about the food. Do not cause your thoughts to have trouble. 28But someone there may say to you, ‘They offered this food to an idol.’ If someone tells you that, do not eat the food. It might cause trouble to the thoughts of the person who told you. It may not cause your own thoughts to have trouble. But the other person may not be sure if it is right to eat that kind of food. Perhaps you will say, ‘Why should another person's thoughts decide what is right for me? I am free to do what I want. 30I thank God for my food before I eat it. If I do that, nobody should say that it is wrong for me to eat it.’ 31Whatever you are doing, show that God is great. When you eat anything, or you drink anything, do it all in a way that praises God.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 101 Corinthians 10:29 word by word
συνείδησιν δὲ λέγω οὐχὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ ἑτέρου. ἱνατί γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία μου κρίνεται ὑπὸ ἄλλης συνειδήσεως;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·δέde · thenG1161
- Conscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893
- I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- thine ownἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- of the otherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- ·ἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- whyτίςtis · which?G5101
- is myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- libertyἐλευθερίαeleutheria · freedomG1657
- judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
- ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:29
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not cause problems for other people. Whether they are Jews or Gentiles, or people who belong to God's church, live in a way that does not cause problems for them.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9You are free to eat any kind of food. You understand that. But other Christians do not understand so well. So you must be careful. Do not cause them to do something that they think is wrong.
- Romans 14:15You should not cause another believer to be sad because of what you eat. If you do make him sad, then you are not really loving him. Remember that Christ died on behalf of that person. So do not let your food make him turn away from God.
- Romans 14:16You may think that something is good. But still you should not do it, if other people will say that it is bad.
- 2 Corinthians 8:21Our purpose is to do only what is right. We want the Lord to see that, and people must see it as well.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22But keep away from any kind of bad thing.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29For why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? etc. - Though in the case of flesh offered to idols, and other matters connected with idolatry, (on which it appears there was much of a tender conscience among some of the Corinthians), it was necessary to sacrifice something to an over-scrupulous conscience, yet the Gospel of Christ did not lay any man under this general burthen, that he must do nothing at which any weak brother might feel hurt…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Conscience, I say, not thine own - I know that you may have no scruples on the subject. I do not mean that with you this need be a matter of conscience. I do not put it on that; ground, as if an idol were anything, or as if it were in itself wrong, or as if the quality of the meat so offered had been changed; but I put it on the ground of not wounding the feelings of those who are scrupulous, or of leading them into sin. For why is my liberty - There is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-33Verses 23-33 There were cases wherein Christians might eat what had been offered to idols, without sin. Such as when the flesh was sold in the market as common food, for the priest to whom it had been given. But a Christian must not merely consider what is lawful, but what is expedient, and to edify others. Christianity by no means forbids the common offices of kindness, or allows uncourteous behaviour to any, however they may differ from us in religious…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30These two questions are hard to understand in relation to 10:28–29a. Some translations place 10:28–29a in parentheses, suggesting these questions reflect Paul’s beliefs, continuing from 10:27.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Conscience ... of the other--the weak brother introduced in 1Co 10:28. for why is my liberty judged off another man's conscience?--Paul passes to the first person, to teach his converts by putting himself as it were in their position. The Greek terms for "the other" and "another" are distinct. "The other" is the one with whom Paul's and his Corinthian converts' concern is; "another" is any other with whom he and they have no concern. If a guest know…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10
- 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
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- 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
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