1 Corinthians 10:29 “the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my fr…”

1 Corinthians 10:29

the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“not”

Romans 14:15–21 1 Corinthians 8:9–13 1 Corinthians 10:32

Romans 14:15–21 · BSB

If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 8:9–13 · BSB

Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 10:32 · BSB

Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

“why”

2 Corinthians 8:21 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Romans 14:16

2 Corinthians 8:21 · BSB

For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 · BSB

Abstain from every form of evil.

Romans 14:16 · BSB

Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

Also

1 Corinthians 9:19

1 Corinthians 9:19 · BSB

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

30If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

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