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1 Corinthians 8:13 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 8 · verse 13
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.1 Corinthians 8:13 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 8:13 in context
11And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
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Key words (Strong's)
- standetheisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- standethaiōnfor ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity, the worlds, universe, period of…G165 →
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- fleshkreasfleshG2907 →
- meatbrōmathat which is eaten, foodG1033 →
- makeskandalizōto put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall…G4624 →
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The apostle, having granted, and indeed confirmed, the opinion of some among the Corinthians, that idols were nothing, proceeds now to show them that their inference from this assumption was not just, namely, that therefore they might go into the idol-temple, and eat of the sacrifices, and feast there with their…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13