1 Corinthians 8:12-13

Food Offered to Idols

12 Thus, sinning against your brothers 1 and g wounding their conscience when it is weak, h you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, i if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

  1. Cross References
    Zechariah 2:8
    For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
    Matthew 18:6
    But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 25:45
    Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.
  3. Cross References
    Romans 14:13
    Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
    Romans 14:21
    It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
    2 Corinthians 6:3
    We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
    2 Corinthians 11:29
    Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
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