1 Corinthians 8:11

So he is lost, this weak man, lost by your "knowledge." this brother for whom Christ died.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

In Context

10For if any one should see you, the possessor of "knowledge," reclining at table in an idol’s temple, would not his conscience, if he were weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

12In so sinning against your brothers, and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

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Cross References

Romans 14:15If your brother is continually pained because of your food, you are not conducting yourself any longer in love. Do not, by what you eat, persist in destroying a man for whom Christ died.

Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

1 Corinthians 10:33For so I also try to please all men in every way, not by seeking my own good, but the good of the many, that they may be saved.

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 →

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