1st Corinthians Chapter 10 verse 29 Holy Bible
conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
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Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.
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but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
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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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Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
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and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why `is it' that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other. You may be well aware that you intend no sanction of idolatry, but if the other supposes that you do, you wound his conscience, which you have no right to do. Your own conscience has already decided for itself. For why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? These words explain why he said "conscience not thine own." The mere fact that another person thinks that we are doing wrong does not furnish the smallest proof that we are doing wrong. We stand or fall only to our own Master, and our consciences are free to form their own independent conclusion. Perhaps in this clause and the next verse we have an echo of the arguments used by the Corinthian "liberals," who objected to sacrifice themselves to the scruples of the weak. The independence of conscience is powerfully maintained in Romans 14:2-5.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other.--In the previous verse there is nothing to indicate that the obligation not to eat the meat under such circumstances arises from a consideration of the tenderness of the other's conscience. Here any danger of mistake as to whose conscience is meant is removed. Of course (says St. Paul) I mean his conscience, not yours. For no other man's scruples are to bind my conscience. While the opinion or weakness of another is never to make my conscience waver from what it knows to be true, it may often be a reason for our sacrificing in act some personal indulgence.