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


In Context

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

7 But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

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

10 For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols?

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

1st Corinthians 8:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:9But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9But see lest anywise this your right to eat itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours should become a stumbling-block to them that are weak.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak.