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

11So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 12If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeδιόπερdioper · forG1355
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• meatβρῶμαbrōma · foodG1033
• makeσκανδαλίζωskandalizō · to cause to stumbleG4624
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• brotherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• I will eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• noμήmē · notG3361
• fleshκρέαςkreas · meatG2907
• whileεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the world standethαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 8:13

• 1 Corinthians 6:12“All things are lawful for me” – but not everything is beneficial. “All things are lawful for me” – but I will not be controlled by anything.
• 1 Corinthians 9:12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 10:33just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
• 1 Corinthians 11:1Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 13:5It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
• Romans 14:21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
• 2 Corinthians 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
• 2 Timothy 3:8And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people – who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith – also oppose the truth.

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