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Today's Bible Reading :: 1 Corinthians 5 - 8 (ESV)

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1 Corinthians 5

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:1 - It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2 - And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:3 - For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:4 - When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:5 - you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 - Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:9 - I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11 - But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:12 - For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church[fn] whom you are to judge?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:13 - God judges[fn] those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
ESV Footnotes
Some manuscripts add Jesus
Greek those inside
Or will judge

1 Corinthians 6

Lawsuits Against Believers

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:1 - When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:2 - Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:3 - Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:4 - So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:5 - I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:6 - but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:7 - To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:8 - But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even your own brothers![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:9 - Or do you not know that the unrighteous[fn] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:11 - And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Flee Sexual Immorality

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:12 - “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:14 - And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:15 - Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16 - Or do you not know that he who is joined[fn] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:17 - But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:18 - Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin[fn] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:19 - Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:20 - for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
ESV Footnotes
Or brothers and sisters
Or wrongdoers
The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
Or who holds fast (compare Genesis 2:24 and Deuteronomy 10:20); also verse 17
Or Every sin

1 Corinthians 7

Principles for Marriage

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:1 - Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:2 - But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:3 - The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:4 - For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:5 - Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:6 - Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:7 - I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:8 - To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:9 - But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:10 - To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:11 - (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:12 - To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:13 - If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:14 - For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you[fn] to peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:16 - For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Live as You Are Called

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:17 - Only let each person lead the life[fn] that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:18 - Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:20 - Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - Were you a bondservant[fn] when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:23 - You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:24 - So, brothers,[fn] in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.

The Unmarried and the Widowed

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:25 - Now concerning[fn] the betrothed,[fn] I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:26 - I think that in view of the present[fn] distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27 - Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman[fn] marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:29 - This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:30 - and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:31 - and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33 - But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:36 - If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed,[fn] if his[fn] passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:38 - So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:40 - Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
ESV Footnotes
Or I say this:
Some manuscripts us
Or each person walk in the way
For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verses 22 (twice), 23
Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29
The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians’ letter; see 7:1
Greek virgins
Or impending
Greek virgin; also verse 34
Greek virgin; also verses 37, 38
Or her

1 Corinthians 8

Food Offered to Idols

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 - Now concerning[fn] food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:2 - If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:3 - But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:4 - Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:5 - For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:6 - yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 - However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:8 - Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:9 - But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating[fn] in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged,[fn] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 - And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12 - Thus, sinning against your brothers[fn] and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:13 - Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
See the ESV Preface
ESV Footnotes
The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians’ letter; see 7:1
Greek him
Greek reclining at table
Or fortified; Greek built up
Or brothers and sisters
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