Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 8:9-13

Knowledge, Love, and the Weak Brother in a World of Idols

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

10For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

12By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

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Verse 9

Original words

Be carefulΒλέπετεG991Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralhoweverδὲG1161Conjunction[that]αὕτηG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine SingularyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularfreedomἐξουσίαG1849Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularvvvμήG3361AdverbvvvπωςG4459Adverbdoes not becomeγένηταιG1096Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singulara stumbling blockπρόσκομμαG4348Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularto theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralweakἀσθενέσινG772Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 10

Original words

ForγάρG1063ConjunctionifἐὰνG1437ConjunctionsomeoneτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular[with]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singulara weakἀσθενοῦςG772Adjective - Genitive Masculine SingularconscienceσυνείδησιςG4893Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularseesἴδῃG3708Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularyouσὲG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person SingularwhoτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularvvvἔχονταG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singularare well informedγνῶσινG1108Noun - Accusative Feminine SingulareatingκατακείμενονG2621Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722Prepositionan idol’s templeεἰδωλείῳG1493Noun - Dative Neuter Singular{will he} notοὐχὶG3780IntPrtcl-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularbeὄντοςG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine SingularencouragedοἰκοδομηθήσεταιG3618Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person SingulartoεἰςG1519PrepositioneatἐσθίεινG2068Verb - Present Infinitive Active-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singular[food]τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Pluralsacrificed to idolsεἰδωλόθυταG1494Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 11

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[So]γὰρG1063Conjunction[this]G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularweakἀσθενῶνG770Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularbrotherἀδελφὸςG80Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularforδι’G1223PrepositionwhomὃνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine SingularChristΧριστὸςG5547Noun - Nominative Masculine SingulardiedἀπέθανενG599Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularis destroyedἀπόλλυταιG622Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularbyἐνG1722Preposition-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularyourσῇG4674Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 2nd Person SingularknowledgeγνώσειG1108Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 12

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionBy sinningἁμαρτάνοντεςG264Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralagainstεἰςG1519Preposition[your]τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralbrothersἀδελφοὺςG80Noun - Accusative Masculine Pluralin this wayοὕτωςG3779AdverbandκαὶG2532ConjunctionwoundingτύπτοντεςG5180Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluraltheirαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralweakἀσθενοῦσανG770Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularconscienceσυνείδησινG4893Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularyou sinἁμαρτάνετεG264Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralagainstεἰςG1519PrepositionChristΧριστὸνG5547Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 13

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ThereforeΔιόπερG1355ConjunctionifεἰG1487Conjunction[what I eat]βρῶμαG1033Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularcausesσκανδαλίζειG4624Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularmyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singularbrother {to stumble}ἀδελφόνG80Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularvvvοὐG3756AdverbvvvμὴG3361AdverbI will never eatφάγωG5315Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person SingularmeatκρέαG2907Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralvvvεἰςG1519PrepositionvvvτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singular[again]αἰῶναG165Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularso thatἵναG2443ConjunctionvvvμὴG3361AdverbI will not causeσκανδαλίσωG4624Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularvvvμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular[him] {to stumble}ἀδελφόνG80Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

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