Food Sacrificed to Idols
1 Corinthians 8:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
- KJV
- And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
- WEB
- And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
- ASV
- For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
- LSV
- For the [one] being weak—the brother for whom Christ died—will perish by your knowledge.
- YLT
- and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?
- DBY
- and the weak [one], the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.
- DRC
- And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died?
- GNV
- And through thy knowledge shall the weake brother perish, for whome Christ died.
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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.
Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀπόλλυται (“Is destroyed”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀπολεῖται (“will perish”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γὰρ (“for”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Καὶ (“and”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐν (“through”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπὶ (“upon”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ὁ (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀδελφὸς elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἀπόλλυται γὰρ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπόλλυται γὰρ; Robinson–Pierpont read Καὶ ἀπολεῖται.
- SBLGNT: ἐν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀδελφὸς ἐπὶ.
- SBLGNT: ὁ ἀδελφὸς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὁ ἀδελφὸς; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀπόλλυται γὰρ ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἐν τῇ σῇ γνώσει, ὁ ἀδελφὸς διʼ ὃν Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἀδελφὸς ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ γνώσει, δι’ ὃν χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν;
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἀδελφὸς ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ γνώσει, δι᾿ ὃν Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν;
- SCR1894
- και απολειται ο ασθενων αδελφος επι τη ση γνωσει δι ον χριστος απεθανεν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 14:15If 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.
- Romans 15:1–3We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is…
- 1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1as 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.
- Romans 14:20–21Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your…
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