1 Corinthians 8:11
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
KJV
ἀπόλλυται γὰρ ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἐν τῇ σῇ γνώσει, ὁ ἀδελφὸς δι’ ὃν Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.
Greek NT
Et peribit infirmus in tua scientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est ?
Vulgate
For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
ASV
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γνῶσις
gnosis
noun · 29×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
σός
sos
possessive_pronoun · 27×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἀσθενέω
astheneo
verb · 34×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἀπόλλυται γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπόλλυται γὰρ | RP: Καὶ ἀπολεῖται
- ἀπόλλυται γὰρ — SBLGNT
- ἀπόλλυται γὰρ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Καὶ ἀπολεῖται — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν | RP: ἀδελφὸς ἐπὶ
- ἐν — SBLGNT
- ἐν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀδελφὸς ἐπὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ ἀδελφὸς | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ ἀδελφὸς
- ὁ ἀδελφὸς — SBLGNT
- ὁ ἀδελφὸς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2285Scandal takes on a particular gravity by reason of the authority of those who cause it or the weakness of those who are scandalized. It prompted our Lord to utter this curse: "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea."85 Scandal is grav…
Continuation of the foregoing argument. Proofs from the writings of St. Paul, and from the words of Our Lord, that Christ and Jesus cannot be considered as distinct beings; neither can it be alleged that the Son of God became man merely in appearance, but that He did so truly and actually. 1. As it has been clearly demonstrated that the Word, who existed in the beginning with G…
1. There are many things characteristic of Christianity: but more than all, and better than all, Love towards one another, and Peace. Therefore Christ also says, My peace I give unto you. John 14:27 And again, By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35 Therefore Paul too says, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, that is, purit…
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:5 — That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
- 1Cor 8:13 — Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
- 1Cor 10:33 — Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- Luke 17:2 — It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
- Num 32:15 — For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
- Rom 14:3 — Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rom 14:20 — For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
- Rom 15:1 — We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.