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1 Corinthians 8:9 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 8 · verse 9
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.1 Corinthians 8:9 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 8:9 in context
7Howbeit 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.
8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
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Key words (Strong's)
- stumblingblockproskommaa stumbling block, an obstacle in the way which if one strikes his foot against he…G4348 →
- libertyexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- becomeginomaito becomeG1096 →
- meanspōsby any means, at all, perhapsG4458 →
- yourshymōnof yoursG5216 →
- heedblepōto see, discern, of the bodily eye, with the bodily eye to be possessed of sight, have…G991 →
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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