1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if food is an occasion of stumbling unto my brother, in nowise will I eat flesh unto the age that abideth,—that, I may not occasion, my brother, to stumble.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Romans 14:21Well, is it not to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor [to do aught] whereby thy brother is caused to stumble.
1 Corinthians 9:12If, others, of this right, over you, are partaking, [should] not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all [such] things, do we conceal,—lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:33Even as, I also, in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 6:3Giving, no single, occasion of stumbling, in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
2 Timothy 3:8Moreover, like as, Jannes and Jambres, withstood Moses, so, these men also, withstand the truth,—men utterly corrupted in their mind, disapproved concerning their 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 →