1 Corinthians 8:8
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But meat commendeth us not to God, for neither are we the better if we eat, nor are we the worse if we eat not.
But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
Now food will not commend us to God nor bring us close to Him; we are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better if we do eat.
Now food [itself] will not cause our acceptance by God nor commend us to Him. Eating [food offered to idols] gives us no advantage; neither do we come short or become any worse if we do not eat [it].
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Food will not bring us close to God. We are not worse off if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.
Food will not bring us close to God. We are not worse off if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.
Food won’t bring us close to God. We’re not missing out if we don’t eat, and we don’t have any advantage if we do eat.
Now food will not improve our relationship with God — we will be neither poorer if we abstain nor richer if we eat.
But food doesn't bring us any closer to God. We are no worse off if we don't eat, and we are no better off if we do.
But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.
But food will not bring us near to God— neither if we do not eat are we lacking, nor if we eat are we abounding.
But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.
But food will not bring us closer to God. Refusing to eat does not make us less pleasing to God, and eating does not make us closer to him.
But the food that we eat will not help us to please God. If we do not eat certain food, that will not make us worse. If we do eat that food, it will not make us better.
Food will not bring us closer to God. We do not lack anything if we do not eat, nor are we better off if we do.
Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
But food will not ·bring us closer [make us acceptable] to God. Refusing to eat does not make us ·less pleasing to God [any worse; L lacking], and eating does not make us ·better in God’s sight [any better; L abounding].
But meat maketh us not acceptable to God, for neither if we eat, have we the more: neither if we eat not, have we the less.
Food will not affect our relationship with God. We are no worse off if we eat ⌞that food⌟ and no better off if we don’t.
Food, however, will not improve our relation with God; we shall not lose anything if we do not eat, nor shall we gain anything if we do eat.
Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.
But food will not make us closer to God. Refusing to eat does not make us less pleasing to God. And eating does not make us better in God’s sight.
However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.
In this matter, then, of eating meat which has been offered to idols, knowledge tells us that no idol has any real existence, and that there is no God but one. For though there are so-called gods both in heaven and earth, gods and lords galore in fact, to us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything comes, and for who we live. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom everything exists, and by whom we ourselves are alive. But this knowledge of ours is not shared by all men. For some, who until now have been used to idols, eat the meat as meat really sacrificed to a god, and their delicate conscience is thereby injured. Now our acceptance of God is not a matter of meat. If we eat it, that does not make us better men, nor are we the worse if we do not eat it. You must be careful that your freedom to eat meat does not in any way hinder anyone whose faith is not as robust as yours. For suppose you with your knowledge of God should be observed eating meat in an idol’s temple, are you not encouraging the man with a delicate conscience to do the same? Surely you would not want your superior knowledge to bring spiritual disaster to a weaker brother for whom Christ died? And when you sin like this and damage the weak consciences of your brethren you really sin against Christ. This makes me determined that, if there is any possibility of meat injuring my brother, I will have none of it as long as I live, for fear I might do him harm.
But food does not make us more acceptable unto God; for neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
But food will not commend us to God. We neither lack if we do not eat, nor abound if we do eat.
But food does not bring us close to God. For neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack.
Just remember that God doesn’t care whether we eat it or not. We are no worse off if we don’t eat it, and no better off if we do.
But fortunately God doesn’t grade us on our diet. We’re neither commended when we clean our plate nor reprimanded when we just can’t stomach it. But God does care when you use your freedom carelessly in a way that leads a fellow believer still vulnerable to those old associations to be thrown off track.
But food does not commend us to God. Neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.
Food · does not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
Food will not affect our relationship with God. We are no worse off if we eat that food and no better off if we don’t.
Now food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better off if we do.
Now food will not bring us close to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat.
But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat.
Obviously, food cannot bring us closer to God. We do not lack anything if we do not eat, and we have no advantage if we do.
But food will not bring us closer to God. Refusing to eat does not make us less pleasing to God, and eating does not make us better in God’s sight.
Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.
But food doesn’t bring us close to God. We are no worse if we don’t eat. We are no better if we do eat.
But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.
Food will not bring us near to God. We are no worse if we do not eat it, or we are no better if we eat it.
It’s true that we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat. We don’t lose anything if we don’t eat it, and we don’t gain anything if we do.
Meat does not make us acceptable to God. We are neither the better if we eat, nor the worse if we do not.
‘Food will not bring us close to God.’ We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
‘Food will not bring us close to God.’ We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
“Food will not bring us close to God.” We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
“Food will not bring us close to God.” We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.
But the food we eat won’t recommend us to God. We won’t be any worse off if we don’t eat, and we won’t be any better off if we do.
But okhel (food) will not usher us into the presence of Hashem; neither are we falling short if we do not eat okhel, nor are we better if we eat.
But food does not make us commendable to God. For we are neither more so if we eat it, nor less so if we do not eat it.
Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
But food will not bring us before God. We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do eat.
Again, here’s what we know: what we eat will not bring us closer to God—we gain nothing in feasting and lose nothing by fasting.
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.
One thing is sure, food will not bring us closer to God. If we eat it, it will not make us right with God. And if we do not eat, it will not make us wrong.
[Forsooth] Meat commendeth us not to God; for neither we shall fail, if we eat not, neither if we eat, we shall have plenty [we shall abound, or have plenty].
But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;
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