1 Corinthians 10:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

If any of those who do not believe invite you to a meal, and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1487} one{G5100} of them{G3588} that believe not{G571} biddeth{G2564} you{G5209} [to a feast], and{G2532} ye are disposed{G2309} to go;{G4198} whatsoever{G3956} is set before{G3908} you,{G5213} eat,{G2068} asking{G350} no{G3367} question{G350} for{G1223} conscience' sake.{G4893}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    {G1161} If any{G1536} of them that believe not{G571} bid{G2564}{(G5719)} you{G5209} to a feast, and{G2532} ye be disposed{G2309}{(G5719)} to go{G4198}{(G5738)}; whatsoever{G3956} is set before{G3908}{(G5746)} you{G5213}, eat{G2068}{(G5720)}, asking{G350} no{G3367} question{G350}{(G5723)} for{G1223} conscience{G4893} sake{G1223}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf eny of them which beleve not bid you to a feest and yf ye be disposed to goo what soever is seet before you: eate axinge no question for conscience sake.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf eny of the yt beleue not, byd you to a feast, and yf ye be disposed to go, what soeuer is set before you, that eate, axinge no question for conscience sake.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If any of them which beleeue not, call you to a feast, and if ye wil go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eate, asking no question for conscience sake.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If any of them which beleue not, byd you to a feast and ye be disposed to go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the conscience;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If one of them that believe not biddeth you `to a feast', and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 5:29-30 : 29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house; and there was a great company of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees complained against his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
  • Luke 10:7-8 : 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8 And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it; and let us eat and be merry:
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet not entirely with the sexually immoral of this world, or with the greedy, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
  • 1 Cor 10:25 : 25 Whatever is sold in the market, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake:
  • 2 Cor 1:13 : 13 For we write no other things to you than what you read or acknowledge; and I trust you shall acknowledge even to the end;
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I hope are well known also in your consciences.

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 10:28-32
    5 verses
    86%

    28 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:

    29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: for why should my liberty be judged by another man's conscience?

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

    31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

    32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

  • 1 Cor 10:25-26
    2 verses
    83%

    25 Whatever is sold in the market, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake:

    26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
    4 verses
    78%

    7 However, not everyone has this knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.

    8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better, nor if we do not eat are we worse.

    9 But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.

    10 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?

  • Luke 10:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

    8 And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

  • Rom 14:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 Accept the one who is weak in faith, but not to engage in contentious debates.

    2 For one believes he may eat all things, but another, who is weak, eats only herbs.

    3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who does not eat, and let not the one who does not eat judge the one who eats; for God has accepted him.

  • Rom 14:20-23
    4 verses
    75%

    20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

    21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

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

    23 But whoever doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

    34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will set the rest in order when I come.

  • Rom 14:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 One person values one day over another; another values every day alike. Let each person be fully convinced in their own mind.

    6 He who regards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he who does not regard the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.

  • 1 Cor 8:13
    73%

    13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will eat no meat as long as the world stands, lest I make my brother stumble.

  • Rom 14:13-17
    5 verses
    72%

    13 Let us not therefore judge one another anymore, but judge this instead: that no one puts a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

    14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

    15 But if your brother is grieved with your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.

    16 Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

    17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 15:29
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 10:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18 Consider Israel after the flesh: are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

    19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?

    20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

    4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving;

  • Acts 21:25
    69%

    25 As for the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, except only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.

  • 1 Cor 11:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

    22 What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

  • Luke 14:24
    69%

    24 For I say to you, That none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.

  • Heb 13:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

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

  • 1 Cor 10:7
    69%

    7 Do 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.

  • 1 Cor 8:4
    69%

    4 Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

  • Jer 16:8
    68%

    8 You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

  • Acts 10:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

    14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

  • Mark 7:19
    68%

    19 Because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, purging all foods?

  • Deut 14:3
    68%

    3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    67%

    4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: