1 Corinthians 8:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For through thy knowledge {G622} he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἀδελφὸς ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ γνώσει, διʼ ὃν Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν;

Transliteration

And apoleitai the asthenōn adelphos by the sē gnōsei, di' hon Christos apethanen?

Grammar Details

*apoleitai*: future, 3rd singular, middle - will perish/be destroyed
*asthenōn*: present, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being weak
*adelphos*: nominative, masculine, singular - brother
*epi*: preposition + dative - because of/by
*sē*: dative, feminine, singular, possessive pronoun - your
*gnōsei*: dative, feminine, singular - knowledge
*di'*: preposition (*dia* elided) + accusative - because of/for
*hon*: accusative, masculine, singular, relative pronoun - whom
*Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ
*apethanen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - died

Word Meanings

*apoleitai*: will perish/be destroyed/be lost
*asthenōn*: being weak/weak one
*epi*: because of/by/through
*di'*: because of/for the sake of

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Referenced Verses

Rom 14:15 : 15 For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, {G3765} thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat {G3756} no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.
1 Cor 10:33-11:1 : 33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of the many, that they may be saved. 1 Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby {G3739} thy brother stumbleth.
Rom 15:1-3 : 1 Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying. 3 For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

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8But food will not commend us to God: {G3777} neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.
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15For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, {G3765} thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
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20Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
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1 Cor 8:1-3
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1Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
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14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that {G1487} one died for all, therefore {G599} all died;
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