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1 Corinthians 10:28

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

KJV

ἐὰν δέ τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, τοῦτο ἱερόθυτόν ἐστιν, μὴ ἐσθίετε δι’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν μηνύσαντα καὶ τὴν συνείδησιν

Greek NT

Si quis autem dixerit : Hoc immolatum est idolis : nolite manducare propter illum qui indicavit, et propter conscientiam :

Vulgate

But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience’ sake:

ASV

But if any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols: do not eat of it, for his sake that told it and for conscience' sake.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰδωλόθυτον
eidolothuton
adjective · 10×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μηνύω
menuo
verb · 4×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
συνείδησις
suneidesis
noun · 31×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐσθίω
esthio
verb · 65×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἱερόθυτόν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἱερόθυτόν | RP: εἰδωλόθυτόν
  • ἱερόθυτόνSBLGNT
  • ἱερόθυτόνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰδωλόθυτόνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: συνείδησιν | WH/Treg/NIV: συνείδησιν | RP: + Τοῦ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς
  • συνείδησινSBLGNT
  • συνείδησινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + Τοῦ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 8:7 — Howbeit 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.
  • 1Cor 8:7 — Howbeit 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.
  • 1Cor 8:10 — For 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;
  • 1Cor 8:10 — For 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;
  • 1Cor 10:26 — For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
  • Col 2:16 — Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
  • Dan 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mig
  • Deut 10:14 — Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
  • Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Ezek 12:19 — And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonis
  • Jer 8:16 — The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,
  • Matt 6:31 — Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
  • Ps 89:11 — The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
  • Rev 2:20 — Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat th
  • Rom 14:15 — But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.