1 Corinthians 8:13

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“Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.”

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BSBPD

“Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh--to the age--that my brother I may not cause to stumble.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 8:13 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Romans 14:21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
  5. 1 Corinthians 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
  6. 1 Corinthians 13:5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
  7. 2 Corinthians 6:3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
  8. 2 Corinthians 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
  9. 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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