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1 Corinthians 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.

KJV

διόπερ εἰ βρῶμα σκανδαλίζει τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, οὐ μὴ φάγω κρέα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἵνα μὴ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου σκανδαλίσω.

Greek NT

Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in æternum, ne fratrem meum scandalizem.

Vulgate

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

ASV

Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
βρῶμα
broma
noun · 17×
διόπερ
dioper
conjunction · 2×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κρέας
kreas
noun · 2×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
σκανδαλίζω
skandalizo
verb · 29×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

5 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…
2. And let no one, says he, think that I speak only of the past: 1 Corinthians 4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked. Do you see that all the life of Christians must be such as this; and not merely a day or two? For though the wrestler who is victorious in a single contest only, be crowned, he is not crowned again if he suffer a fall. And hung…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:12 — All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
  • 1Cor 8:11 — And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
  • 1Cor 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
  • 1Cor 9:22 — To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
  • 1Cor 9:27 — But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • 1Cor 10:32 — Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
  • 1Cor 13:5 — Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
  • 1Thess 5:22 — Abstain from all appearance of evil.
  • 2Cor 6:3 — Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
  • 2Cor 11:29 — Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
  • 2Cor 11:29 — Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
  • Isa 57:14 — And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
  • John 13:14 — If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
  • Luke 17:1 — Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
  • Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
  • Matt 5:30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
  • Matt 17:27 — Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: tha
  • Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
  • Phil 4:5 — Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
  • Rom 14:21 — It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
  • Rom 14:21 — It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.