Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleDo not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block. Young's Literal Translation {.htm" title="{">for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling. King James Bible For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence. Greek {Do} notμὴ (mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. destroy κατάλυε (katalye) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 2647: From kata and luo; to loosen down, i.e. to demolish; specially to halt for the night. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. work ἔργον (ergon) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. for the sake of ἕνεκεν (heneken) Preposition Strong's 1752: Or heneken hen'-ek-en or heineken hi'-nek-en; of uncertain affinity; on account of. food. βρώματος (brōmatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 1033: Food of any kind. From the base of bibrosko; food, especially articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law. All [food is] πάντα (panta) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. clean, καθαρά (kathara) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 2513: Clean. but ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. [it is] wrong κακὸν (kakon) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 2556: Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious. for a man ἀνθρώπῳ (anthrōpō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. to let his eating be ἐσθίοντι (esthionti) Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2068: Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat. a stumbling block. προσκόμματος (proskommatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4348: A stumbling-block, an occasion for falling, a moral embarrassment. From proskopto; a stub, i.e. occasion of apostasy. |