1 Corinthians 10:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But if someone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, {G1494} eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But and yf eny man saye vnto you: this is dedicate vnto ydols eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for hurtynge of conscience. The erth is the LORdes and all that there in is.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But yf eny man saye vnto you: This is offred vnto Idols, the eate not of it, for his sake that shewed it, and for hurtinge of conscience. (The earth is the LORDES and all that therin is.)

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But if any man say vnto you, This is sacrificed vnto idoles, eate it not, because of him that shewed it, and for the conscience (for the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But yf any man say vnto you, this is offred vnto idols, eate not of it for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake. The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and if any one may say to you, `This is a thing sacrificed to an idol,' -- do not eat, because of that one who shewed `it', and of the conscience, for the Lord's `is' the earth and its fulness:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 9:29 : 29 Moses replied, 'When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.'
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord, the world and all who live in it.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens belong to the Lord, but He has given the earth to the children of man.
  • Jer 27:5-6 : 5 By my great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth, the people, and the animals that are on it. I give it to anyone I choose. 6 Now I have handed over all these lands to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him.
  • Matt 6:31-32 : 31 So do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  • Rom 14:15 : 15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.
  • 1 Cor 8:7 : 7 However, not everyone knows this. Some, being accustomed to idols until now, eat it as if it were truly food offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.
  • 1 Cor 8:10-13 : 10 For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won’t their weak conscience be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols? 11 So the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and sisters and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
  • 1 Cor 10:26 : 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Cor 10:25-27
    3 verses
    86%

    25Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.

    26For the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.

    27If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is placed before you without raising questions of conscience.

  • 1 Cor 10:29-32
    4 verses
    81%

    29I do not mean your own conscience, but that of the other person's. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?

    30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of what I give thanks for?

    31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

    32Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
    4 verses
    77%

    7However, not everyone knows this. Some, being accustomed to idols until now, eat it as if it were truly food offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.

    8Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

    9But be careful that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to those who are weak.

    10For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won’t their weak conscience be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols?

  • 1 Cor 10:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18Consider the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?

    19What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or that food sacrificed to idols is anything?

    20No, but what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become participants with demons.

  • 1 Cor 8:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.

    5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—just as there are many 'gods' and many 'lords'—

  • Rom 14:20-23
    4 verses
    73%

    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

    22Do you have faith? Keep it to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

    23But whoever doubts and eats is condemned if they do so, because their actions are not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

  • Rom 14:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5One person considers one day more important than another, while another considers every day alike. Each person should be fully convinced in their own mind.

    6Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

  • 1 Cor 8:13
    72%

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

  • Ps 24:1
    70%

    1The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord, the world and all who live in it.

  • Rom 14:14-16
    3 verses
    70%

    14I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

    15If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.

    16Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

  • Rom 14:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2One person believes they may eat anything, while someone who is weak eats only vegetables.

    3The one who eats must not look down on the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted them.

  • Acts 15:29
    68%

    29that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

    4For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

  • Heb 13:10
    68%

    10We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • Ps 50:12
    68%

    12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

  • 1 Cor 6:13
    67%

    13Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

  • Num 18:10
    67%

    10'You must eat it in a most holy place. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.'

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Deut 8:10
    67%

    10You will eat and be satisfied, and you will bless the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.

  • Lev 22:14
    67%

    14If anyone eats a sacred offering unintentionally, they must add a fifth of its value to it and give it to the priest as compensation for the sacred thing.

  • Deut 14:3
    67%

    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • Lev 19:8
    66%

    8Whoever eats it will bear the consequences of their sin, because they have treated what is sacred to the LORD with contempt. That person must be cut off from their people.

  • 1 Cor 11:34
    66%

    34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give further instructions.

  • Exod 34:15
    66%

    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

  • Lev 17:8
    66%

    8Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

  • 1 Cor 10:7
    66%

    7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, 'The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.'

  • Luke 10:8
    66%

    8When you enter a town and they welcome you, eat what is set before you.

  • Lev 27:30
    66%

    30A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

  • Lev 22:30
    66%

    30It must be eaten on the same day; do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 10:13
    66%

    13You are to eat it in a holy place because it is your portion and your sons’ portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD, for this is what I was commanded.'

  • Lev 3:16
    66%

    16The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.