So this weaker brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. — The tragic consequence: the weak one is apollymi (destroyed, ruined) by the strong one's exercise of gnōsis. The phrase 'for whom Christ died' (hyper hou Christos apethanen) invokes Christ's redemptive death, measured against the cavalier destruction of that person's faith. The comparison is devastating: Christ valued this weak one enough to die for them; will the strong believer destroy them for the sake of eating meat?

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