1 Corinthians 8:11

Modern

So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

Traditional

And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

Literal

For the one being weak is destroyed by your knowledge—the brother for whom Christ died.

Latin

Et peribit infirmus in tua scientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est?

Greek

English

So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

Believers who insist on eating food offered to idols (because they believe their knowledge allows them to eat it) could harm less mature Christians. These less mature Christians may see eating this meat as worshipping pagan gods.
for whom Christ died: Compare Romans 14:15.

Theme notes and profiles

Romans 14:15
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.
Romans 15:1–3
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1
…as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
Romans 14:20–21
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world