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Butδὲwatch outβλέπετεthatthisαὕτηrightἡ ἐξουσίαof yoursὑμῶνdoes notμήsomehowπωςbecomeγένηταιa cause of stumblingπρόσκομμαto the weak.τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν
1 Corinthians 8:9
Study it in the app“But watch out that this right of yours does not somehow become a cause of stumbling to the weak.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 8:9, word by word
- watch outβλέπετεblepete
beware
To beware of something.
Where else “blepete” appears- rightἐξουσίαexousia
right
The freedom to do something, which one is entitled to.
Where else “exousia” appears- somehowπωςpōs
somehow
"Somehow", "in some way".
Where else “pōs” appears- becomeγένηταιgenētai
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genētai” appears- a cause of stumblingπρόσκομμαproskomma
stumbling, obstacle
Stumbling; an obstacle that makes someone stumble or fall into sin.
Where else “proskomma” appears- to the weakἀσθενέσινasthenesin
weak
Lacking strength or firmness; frail.
Where else “asthenesin” appears
The context
8Now food will not bring us close to God; for neither if we eat are we better off, nor if we do not eat are we worse off.
9 · This verse (above)
10For if anyone sees you, the one who has knowledge, reclining at table in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, since he is weak, be built up to eat food sacrificed to idols?