1 Corinthians 8:8-13 But food doth not bring us near to God; for if we eat, we do not abound; and if we eat not, we are not in want.

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ But food doth not bring us near to God; for if we eat, we do not abound; and if we eat not, we are not in want. ⁹ See to it, however, lest this your authority become a stumbling-block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if one should see thee in whom there is knowledge, reclining in the temple of idols, will not his conscience, seeing he is a weak person, be encouraged to eat what is sacrificed? ¹¹ And by thy knowledge, he who is feeble, and on account of whom the Messiah died, will perish. ¹² And if ye thus sin against your brethren, and wound the consciences of the feeble, ye sin against the Messiah. ¹³ Wherefore, if food is a stumbling-block to my brother, I will for ever eat no flesh, lest I should be a stumbling-block to my brother.