1 Corinthians 8:13
So then, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meat again, lest I cause my brother to fall.
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In The King James Version
In Context
12But when you thus sin against the brothers and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
Cross References
Romans 14:21It is good not to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weakened.
1 Corinthians 9:12If others have a share in this right from you, do not we even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but we put up with everything so as not to cause any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:33—even as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own profit but that of the many, that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 6:3(We give no occasion for offense in anything, that the ministry not be faulted;
2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth—men of depraved mind, disqualified as regards the faith —
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 8:8-13
On Eating Things Offered to Idols. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at… Read the whole commentary →