1 Corinthians 10:29 Parallel Translations

I'm not talking about your conscience but the other person's conscience. Why should my freedom be judged by someone else's conscience?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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.

DBY:

but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

ERV:

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

WEY:

But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

1 Corinthians 10:29 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 14:16 Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil;

1 Corinthians 9:19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

10:29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: {8} for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?
(8) A reason: for we must take heed that our liberty is not spoken of as evil, and that the benefit of God which we ought to use with thanksgiving is not changed into impiety. And this is through our fault, if we choose rather to offend the conscience of the weak, than to yield a little of our liberty in a matter of no importance, and so give occasion to the weak to judge in such sort of us, and of Christian liberty. And the apostle takes these things upon his own person, that the Corinthians may have so much the less occasion to oppose anything against him.

PNT:

10:29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other. When one eats what he knows to be simply wholesome food, his own conscience is not offended, but that of another man.
Why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience? His liberty of conscience is not abridged by another man's want of knowledge.

WES:

10:29 Conscience I say, not thy own - I speak of his conscience, not thine. For why is my liberty judged by another's conscience - Another's conscience is not the standard of mine, nor is another's persuasion the measure of my liberty.

MHC:

10:23-33 There were cases wherein Christians might eat what had been offered to idols, without sin. Such as when the flesh was sold in the market as common food, for the priest to whom it had been given. But a Christian must not merely consider what is lawful, but what is expedient, and to edify others. Christianity by no means forbids the common offices of kindness, or allows uncourteous behaviour to any, however they may differ from us in religious sentiments or practices. But this is not to be understood of religious festivals, partaking in idolatrous worship. According to this advice of the apostle, Christians should take care not to use their liberty to the hurt of others, or to their own reproach. In eating and drinking, and in all we do, we should aim at the glory of God, at pleasing and honouring him. This is the great end of all religion, and directs us where express rules are wanting. A holy, peaceable, and benevolent spirit, will disarm the greatest enemies.

CONC:

Action Another's Conscience Decided Dependent Determined Eat Fact Free Freedom Ground Judged Liberty Man's Mean Object Other's Question Scruples Sense Thyself Wrong Yours

Action Another's Conscience Decided Dependent Determined Eat Fact Free Freedom Ground Judged Liberty Mean Object Other's Question Right Scruples Sense Thyself

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