Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Holman Bible
But be careful that this right of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block
International Standard Version
But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.
A Conservative Version
But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
American Standard Version
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.
Amplified
Only be careful that this liberty of yours [this power to choose] does not somehow become a stumbling block [that is, a temptation to sin] to the weak [in conscience].
An Understandable Version
But pay attention [to this], so that somehow this liberty of yours [i.e., to eat whatever you want to] does not become an occasion over which weak people could fall [away from God].
Anderson New Testament
But take heed, lest, by any means, this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
Bible in Basic English
But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
Common New Testament
But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but take care that this liberty of yours does not prove a scandal to the weak.
Darby Translation
But see lest anywise this your right to eat itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.
Godbey New Testament
See lest this liberty of yours may become a stumblingblock to the weak.
Goodspeed New Testament
But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous.
John Wesley New Testament
But take heed, lest by any means this your liberty become a stumbling-block to the weak.
Julia Smith Translation
And see ye lest this your power be a stumble to the weak.
King James 2000
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to them that are weak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But watch out lest somehow this right of yours becomes a cause for stumbling to the weak.
Modern King James verseion
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But take heed that your liberty cause not the weak to fall.
Moffatt New Testament
But see that the exercise of your right does not prove any stumbling-block to the weak.
Montgomery New Testament
But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
NET Bible
But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.
New Heart English Bible
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
Noyes New Testament
But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.
Sawyer New Testament
But beware lest your liberty should become an offense to the weak.
The Emphasized Bible
But be taking heed, lest, by any means, your right, itself, become, an occasion of stumbling, unto the weak;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But take heed that this power of yours become not an occasion of stumbling to the weak.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.
Webster
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours should become a stumbling-block to them that are weak.
Williams New Testament
But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block to overscrupulous people.
World English Bible
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
Worrell New Testament
But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
Worsley New Testament
But see that this liberty of yours be not by any means a stumbling-block to the weak.
Youngs Literal Translation
but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,
Themes
Evil » Appearance of, to be avoided
Liberty » The abuse of, warnings against
Christian Liberty » Saints should » Not offend others by
Offence » Saints should » Be cautious of giving
Offence » Saints should » Not let their liberty occasion, to others
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References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 8:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning Food Sacrificed To Idols
8 It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it. 9 But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers. 10 For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer)
Cross References
Galatians 5:13
You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.
Romans 14:20-21
Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.
Romans 14:1-2
I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion.
Romans 14:13-15
Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement--that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up.
1 Corinthians 8:10
For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer)
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.
1 Peter 2:16
Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
Matthew 18:6-7
But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Matthew 18:10
"Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven.
Luke 17:1-2
Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!
Romans 15:1
As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.
1 Corinthians 8:12
Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some.
1 Corinthians 10:29
But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?
1 Corinthians 10:32
Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God.
2 Corinthians 11:21
I use the language of self-disparagement, as though I were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever reason any one is 'courageous' --I speak in mere folly--I also am courageous.
2 Peter 2:19
And they promise them freedom, although they are themselves the slaves of what is corrupt. For a man is the slave of any one by whom he has been worsted in fight.
Revelation 2:14
Yet I have a few things against you, because you have with you some that cling to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel--to eat what had been sacrificed to idols, and commit fornication.