Berean Standard Bible
“If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.”
Paul is addressing disagreements in the Roman churches over food and holy days, where some believers felt free to eat anything and others held back. He asks the strong to consider how their choices affect the weak.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
World English Bible (WEB)
Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
King James Version (KJV)
But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
and if through victuals your brother is grieved, no more do you walk according to love; do not with your victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Empero si por causa de la comida tu hermano es contristado, ya no andas conforme á la caridad. No arruines con tu comida á aquél por el cual Cristo murió.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Y si tu hermano se entristece por lo que comes, sería una falta de amor persistir en hacerlo: No permitas que por tu comida se pierda aquel por quien Cristo murió.
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