1 Corinthians 8:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

But when you sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

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  • Matt 25:45 : 45 Then he will answer them, saying, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
  • Matt 18:21 : 21 Then Peter came to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? 5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goads.
  • 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.
  • Gen 42:22 : 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not listen? therefore, behold, his blood is now required.
  • Exod 16:8 : 8 And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against him: and what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against the LORD.
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sins against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sins against the LORD, who shall intercede for him? Nevertheless, they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD desired to kill them.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-5 : 4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you: 5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the edge of your robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the edge of your robe and killed you not, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; yet you hunt my soul to take it.
  • Matt 12:49-50 : 49 And he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, Look, my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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  • 1 Cor 8:7-11
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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.

    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?

    11 And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

  • 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 14:15-16
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

    8 No, you do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    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.

  • 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.

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

  • Gal 6:1-2
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    1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

    2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 15 Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.

  • Jas 2:9-10
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    9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

  • 4 Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

  • 13 For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

  • Luke 17:2-3
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    2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

    3 Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  • 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • 1 I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

  • 1 We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.

  • 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

  • 2 And you are arrogant, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed might be removed from among you.

  • 13 For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

  • Gal 2:17-18
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    17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? God forbid.

    18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

  • 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

  • 34 Awake to righteousness and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

  • 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

  • 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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    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.

    12 For what do I have to do with judging those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

  • 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh.

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

  • 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • 8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

  • 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

  • 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

  • 30 For this reason, many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

  • 15 Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or else excusing each other;)

  • 12 Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.