¹⁰For if someone should see you who has knowledge reclining for a meal in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, because it^* is weak, be strengthened so that he eats the food sacrificed to idols? ¹¹For the one who is weak—the brother for whom Christ died—is destroyed by your knowledge. ¹²Now if you^* sin in this way against the brothers and wound their conscience, which is weak, you sin against Christ.

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Footnotes

*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as causal
*Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“sin”) which is understood as conditional

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols? So the weak person, the brother or sister for whom Christ died, is ruined by your knowledge. Now when you sin like this against brothers and sisters and wound their weak conscience, you are sinning against Christ.

NLTNew Living Translation

For if others see you—with your “superior knowledge”—eating in the temple of an idol, won’t they be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been offered to an idol? So because of your superior knowledge, a weak believer for whom Christ died will be destroyed. And when you sin against other believers by encouraging them to do something they believe is wrong, you are sinning against Christ.

KJV 1900King James Version

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

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