For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. |
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. |
Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the person who eats and causes offense. |
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. |
Do not, for the sake of food, tear down the work of God. All things indeed are [ceremonially] clean, but they are wrong for the person who eats and offends [another’s conscience in the process]. |
Stop on account of food ruining the work of God. All things indeed are pure. But it is evil to the man who eats so as to be a stumbling block. |
Surely we shouldn’t wish to undo God’s work for the sake of a plate of meat! I freely admit that all food is, in itself, harmless, but it can be harmful to the man who eats it with a guilty conscience. |
Stop undoing the work of God just for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything when it makes another stumble. |
For 1752 meat 1033 destroy 2647 not 3361 the 3588 work 2041 of God. 2316 All things 3956 indeed 3303 are pure; 2513 but 235 it is evil 2556 for that man 444 who eateth 2068 with 1223 offence. 4348 |
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