1 Corinthians 10:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    conscience,{G4893} I say,{G3004} not{G3780} thine own,{G1438} but{G235} the other's;{G2087} for{G1063} {G2443} why{G2444} is my{G3450} liberty{G1657} judged{G2919} by{G5259} another{G243} conscience?{G4893}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Conscience{G4893},{G1161} I say{G3004}{(G5719)}, not{G3780} thine own{G1438}, but{G235} of the other{G2087}: for{G1063} why{G2444} is{G2919} my{G3450} liberty{G1657} judged{G2919}{(G5743)} of{G5259} another{G243} man's conscience{G4893}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Conscience I saye not thyne: but the coscieuce of that other. For why shuld my liberte be iudged of another manes conscience:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Neuertheles I speake of consciece, not thine, but of ye other. For why shulde my liberty be iudged of another mas coscience?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the conscience, I say, not thine, but of that other: for why should my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Conscience I say, not thyne, but of the other. For why is my libertie, iudged of another mans conscience?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why `is it' that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 Providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
  • Rom 14:15-21 : 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. 18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another. 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.
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 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? 11 And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 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.

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    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.

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