World English Bible
"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."
— 1 Corinthians 8:8, World English Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.”
“But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more: nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.”
“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.”
“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.”
For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
However, that knowledge isn't in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
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.
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.