New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Corinthians 8:9
1 Corinthians 8:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
- New International Version (NIV)Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.
Context of 1 Corinthians 8:9
7However, not all people have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8Now food will not bring us close to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. But take care that this freedom of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 10For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? 11For through your knowledge the one who is weak is ruined, the brother or sister for whose sake Christ died.
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βλέπετε δὲ μή πως ἡ ἐξουσία ὑμῶν αὕτη πρόσκομμα γένηται τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 8:9
- 1 Corinthians 8:10For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
- 1 Corinthians 10:24No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor.
- Matthew 18:6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea.
- Luke 17:1Now He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to one through whom they come!
- Romans 14:20Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the person who eats and causes offense.
- Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
- 1 Peter 2:16Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God.
- 2 Peter 2:19promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what anyone is overcome, by this he is enslaved.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or the church of God;
- Leviticus 19:14You shall not curse a person who is deaf, nor put a stumbling block before a person who is blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.
- Isaiah 57:14And it will be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, Remove every obstacle from the way of My people.”
- Ezekiel 14:3“Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put in front of their faces the stumbling block of their wrongdoing. Should I let Myself be consulted by them at all?
- Ezekiel 44:12Since they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of wrongdoing to the house of Israel, for that reason I have sworn against them,” declares the Lord God, “that they shall suffer the punishment for their wrongdoing.
- Romans 14:13Therefore let’s not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this: not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s or sister’s way.
- Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.
- 1 Corinthians 8:12And so, by sinning against the brothers and sisters and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 8:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9But take heed - Lest by frequenting such feasts and eating things offered to idols, under the conviction that an idol is nothing, and that you may eat those things innocently, this liberty of yours should become a means of grievously offending a weak brother who has not your knowledge, or inducing one who respects you for your superior knowledge to partake of these things with the conscience, the persuasion and belief, that an idol is something, and to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9But take heed - This is the reply of Paul to the argument of the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 8:8. “Though all that you say should be admitted to be true, as it must be; though a man is neither morally better nor worse for partaking of meat or abstaining from it; yet the grand principle to be observed is, so to act as not to injure your brethren. Though you may be no better or worse for eating or not eating, yet if your conduct shall injure others, and…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. 9-10Believers should ensure their actions, like eating sacrificial meat, do not cause others to struggle (compare Romans 14:13, 20–21; Galatians 5:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. this liberty of yours--the watchword for lax Corinthians. The very indifference of meats, which I concede, is the reason why ye should "take heed" not to tempt weak brethren to act against their conscience (which constitutes sin, Ro 14:22, 23).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 1 Corinthians 8:9 Rom 14:13, 21; 1 Cor 10:28; Gal 5:13 ↩
- 2. 1 Corinthians 8:9 Lit right ↩
- 3. 1 Corinthians 8:9 Rom 14:1; 1 Cor 8:10f ↩
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
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