1 Corinthians 8:9-12
8:9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.
8:10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be “strengthened” 1 to eat food offered to idols?
8:11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, 2 for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 3
8:12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters 4 in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
1 tn Or “built up”; This is the same word used in v. 1b. It is used ironically here: The weak person is “built up” to commit what he regards as sin.
2 tn Grk “the one who is weak…the brother for whom Christ died,” but see note on the word “Christian” in 5:11.
3 tn This may be an indirect middle, “destroys himself.”
4 tn See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.