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1 Corinthians 10:29 — King James Version← Study notes

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


1 Corinthians 10:29Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 10:2919 words
GreekMeaning
συνείδησινsyneidēsin
the consciencenounG4893
δὲde
nowwordG1161
λέγωlegō
I am sayingverbG3004
οὐχὶouchi
is notadverbG3780
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἑαυτοῦheautou
your ownpronounG1438
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
τὴνtēn
thatarticleG3588
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
ἑτέρουheterou
otheradjectiveG2087
ἱνατίhinati
so whyadverbG2444
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
thearticleG3588
ἐλευθερίαeleutheria
freedomnounG1657
μουmou
of minepronounG1473
κρίνεταιkrinetai
is judgedverbG2919
ὑπὸhypo
byprepositionG5259
ἄλληςallēs
another’sadjectiveG243
συνειδήσεωςsyneidēseōs
conscience?nounG4893
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:29

“But if any man say unto you, This has been offered in sacrifice unto idols; eat not, for his sake that showed it.” Thus it is not at all for any power that they have but as accursed, that he bids abstain from them. Neither then, as though they could injure you, fly from them, (for they have no strength;) nor yet, because they have no strength, indifferently partake: for it is the table of beings hostile and degraded. Wherefore he said, “eat not for his sake that showed it,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 25 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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