1 Corinthians 8:8 | |
NASB: But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Food will not affect our relationship with God. We are no worse off if we eat [that food] and no better off if we don't. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. ASV: But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better. BBE: But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better. DBY: But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage. WEY: It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it. WBS: But food commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat, are we the better; neither if we eat not, are we the worse. WEB: But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better. YLT: But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind; | |
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