1 Corinthians 8:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν γάρ τις ἴδῃ σὲ τὸν ἔχοντα γνῶσιν ἐν εἰδωλείῳ κατακείμενον, οὐχὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτοῦ ἀσθενοῦς ὄντος οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τὸ τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν·

Transliteration

Ean gar tis idē se the echonta gnōsin in eidōleiō katakeimenon, ouchi the syneidēsis autou asthenous ontos will be oikodomēthēsetai eis the ta eidōlothyta esthiein;

Grammar Details

• *Ean*: conditional particle - if
• *gar*: postpositive explanatory conjunction - for
• *tis*: nominative, masculine, singular, indefinite - anyone/someone
• *idē*: aorist, 3rd singular, subjunctive, active - might see
• *se*: accusative, 2nd singular, personal pronoun - you
• *echonta*: present, participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having
• *gnōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - knowledge
• *eidōleiō*: dative, neuter, singular - idol temple
• *katakeimenon*: present, participle, accusative, masculine, singular - reclining/dining
• *ouchi*: interrogative particle (stronger form of *ou*) - not
• *syneidēsis*: nominative, feminine, singular - conscience
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular, personal pronoun - of him/his
• *asthenous*: genitive, masculine, singular - weak
• *ontos*: present, participle, genitive, masculine, singular - being
• *oikodomēthēsetai*: future, 3rd singular, passive - will be built up/edified
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - unto/into/for
• *ta*: accusative, neuter, plural, article - the
• *eidōlothyta*: accusative, neuter, plural - things sacrificed to idols
• *esthiein*: present, infinitive, active - to eat

Word Meanings

• *eidōleiō*: idol temple/pagan shrine
• *katakeimenon*: reclining/dining/sitting at table
• *asthenous*: weak/feeble
• *oikodomēthēsetai*: will be built up/encouraged/emboldened
• *eis*: unto/into/toward/resulting in

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat {G1519} things sacrificed to idols?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For yf some man se ye which hast knowledge sit at meate in the ydoles teple shall not the conscience of hym which is weake be boldened to eate those thinges which are offered vnto ye ydole?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For yf eny man se the (which hast knowlege) syt at the table in the Idols house, shal not his conscience whyle it is weake, be occasioned to eate of the Idoll offeringes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at table in the idoles temple, shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those things which are sacrificed to idoles?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at meate in the idols temple: shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those thinges which are offred to idols,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat -- shall not his conscience -- he being infirm -- be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

• World English Bible (2000)

  For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?

Referenced Verses

• Num 25:2 : 2 The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
• Judg 9:27 : 27 They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and held a festival. They entered the temple of their god, where they ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
• Amos 2:8 : 8 'They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their gods they drink wine taken as fines.'
• Rom 14:14 : 14 I 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.
• Rom 14:23 : 23 But 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.
• 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 If anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.
• 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 10:20-21 : 20 No, but what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
• 1 Cor 10:28-29 : 28 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. 29 I do not mean your own conscience, but that of the other person's. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God.