1 Corinthians 10:29 BSB

1 Corinthians 10:29

the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other’s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

KJV

Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?

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Commentary

1 voice

Clement of Alexandria

The Stromata Book 4 (215)

"But the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." For conscience' sake, then, we are to abstain from what we ought to abstain. "Conscience, I say, not his own," for it is endued with knowledge, "but that of the other," lest he be trained badly, and by imitating in ignorance what he knows not, he become a despiser instead of a strong-minded man. "For why is my liberty judged of by another conscience? For if I by grace am a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Conscience, I say, not thine own - I know that you may have no scruples on the subject. I do not mean that with you this need be a matter of conscience. I do not put it on that; ground, as if an idol were anything, or as if it were in itself wrong, or as if the quality of the meat so offered had been changed; but I put it on the ground of not wounding the feelings of those who are scrupulous, or of leading them into sin.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Greek terms for "the other" and "another" are distinct. "The other" is the one with whom Paul's and his Corinthian converts' concern is; "another" is any other with whom he and they have no concern.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
συνείδησιν	suneidēsin	[the] conscience	G4893 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
λέγω	legō	I am saying	G3004 →
οὐχὶ	ouchi	[is] not	G3780 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ἑαυτοῦ	he'autou	your own	G1438 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τὴν	tēn	that	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἑτέρου.	heterou	other.	G2087 →
ἱνατί	hinati	so why	G2443 →G5101 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἐλευθερία	eleutheria	freedom	G1657 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
κρίνεται	krinetai	is judged	G2919 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
ἄλλης	allēs	another’s	G243 →
συνειδήσεως;	suneidēseōs	conscience?	G4893 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 10:32
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:33
  as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 20:28
  Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Through
1 Corinthians 9:19
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
leads to
- Galatians 5:13
  For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- Matthew 18:15
  If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- James 5:19–20
  My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Through
2 Corinthians 8:21
For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
leads to
- Romans 12:17
  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- 1 Peter 2:12
  Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- Philippians 4:8
  Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.