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All to God’s Glory

1 Corinthians 10:29

In 9 translations

BSB
the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
KJV
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
WEB
Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
ASV
conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other’s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
LSV
and conscience, I say, not of yourself, but of the other, for why [is it] that my liberty is judged by another’s conscience?
YLT
and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why [is it] that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?
DBY
but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
DRC
Conscience, I say, not thy own, but the other’s. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?
GNV
And the conscience, I say, not thine, but of that other: for why should my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
συνείδησιν δὲ λέγω οὐχὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ ἑτέρου· ἱνατί γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία μου κρίνεται ὑπὸ ἄλλης συνειδήσεως;
RP2018
Συνείδησιν δὲ λέγω, οὐχὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ ἑτέρου· ἵνα τί γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία μου κρίνεται ὑπὸ ἄλλης συνειδήσεως;
TR-Boyd
Συνείδησιν δὲ λέγω, οὐχὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ ἑτέρου· ἵνα τί γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία μου κρίνεται ὑπὸ ἄλλης συνειδήσεως;
SCR1894
συνειδησιν δε λεγω ουχι την εαυτου αλλα την του ετερου ινα τι γαρ η ελευθερια μου κρινεται υπο αλλης συνειδησεως

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
  • Romans 14:15–21If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died. Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil. For…
  • 1 Corinthians 8:9–13Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat…
  • 2 Corinthians 8:21For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.

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