Parallel 1COR 8:8

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AICNT But food will not bring us closer to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

OEB What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.

WEBBE But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

LSV But food does not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

FBV But food doesn't gain us God's approval! If we don't eat this food, we're not bad, and if we do eat this food, we're not good.

TCNT But food [fn]does not bring us close to God. [fn]For we are no better off if we eat, and no worse off if we do not eat.

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T4T But God will not think more highly about us if we eat certain foods, or if we do not eat certain foods. That is, we are not more acceptable to God if we do not eat certain foods, nor are we more acceptable to him if we eat those foods.

LEB But food does not bring us close to God. For neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack.[fn]

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BBE But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

Moff No Moff 1COR book available

Wymth It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.

ASV But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

DRA But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.

YLT But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

Drby But meat does not commend us to [fn]God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.

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RV But meat will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Wbstr But food commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat, are we the better; neither if we eat not, are we the worse.

KJB-1769 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]But meate commendeth vs not to God: for neither if we eate, are we the better: neither if wee eate not, are we the worse.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

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Bshps But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God: For neither if we eate, haue we the more, neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse.
   (But meat maketh us not acceptable to God: For neither if we eat, have we the more, neither if we eat not, have we the lesse.)

Gnva But meate maketh not vs acceptable to God, for neither if we eate, haue we the more: neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse.
   (But meat maketh not us acceptable to God, for neither if we eat, have we the more: neither if we eat not, have we the lesse. )

Cvdl Neuertheles meate furthureth not vs vnto God. Yf we eate, we shal not therfore be the better: yf we eate not, we shal not therfore be the lesse.
   (Nevertheless meat furthureth not us unto God. If we eat, we shall not therefore be the better: if we eat not, we shall not therefore be the lesse.)

TNT Meate maketh vs not acceptable to god. Nether yf we eate are we the better. Nether yf we eate not are we the worsse.
   (Meate maketh us not acceptable to god. Neither if we eat are we the better. Neither if we eat not are we the worsse. )

Wycl Mete comendith vs not to God; for nether we schulen faile, if we eten not, nether if we eten, we schulen haue plente.
   (Mete comendith us not to God; for neither we should fail, if we eten not, neither if we ate, we should have plente.)

Luth Aber die Speise fördert uns nicht vor GOtt. Essen wir, so werden wir darum nicht besser sein; essen wir nicht, so werden wir darum nichts weniger sein.
   (But the food fördert us/to_us/ourselves not before/in_front_of God. Essen wir, so become we/us therefore not better sein; eat we/us not, so become we/us therefore nothing weniger sein.)

ClVg Esca autem nos non commendat Deo. Neque enim si manducaverimus, abundabimus: neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus.
   (Esca however we not/no commendat Deo. Neither because when/but_if manducaverimus, abundabimus: nor when/but_if not/no manducaverimus, deficiemus. )

UGNT βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ παραστήσει τῷ Θεῷ; οὔτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν, ὑστερούμεθα; οὔτε ἐὰν φάγωμεν, περισσεύομεν.
   (brōma de haʸmas ou parastaʸsei tōi Theōi; oute ean maʸ fagōmen, husteroumetha; oute ean fagōmen, perisseuomen.)

SBL-GNT βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ ⸀παραστήσει τῷ θεῷ· οὔτε ⸂γὰρ ἐὰν φάγωμεν, περισσεύομεν, οὔτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν, ὑστερούμεθα⸃.
   (brōma de haʸmas ou ⸀parastaʸsei tōi theōi; oute ⸂gar ean fagōmen, perisseuomen, oute ean maʸ fagōmen, husteroumetha⸃.)

TC-GNT Βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ [fn]παρίστησι τῷ Θεῷ· οὔτε [fn]γὰρ ἐὰν φάγωμεν περισσεύομεν, οὔτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν ὑστερούμεθα.
   (Brōma de haʸmas ou paristaʸsi tōi Theōi; oute gar ean fagōmen perisseuomen, oute ean maʸ fagōmen husteroumetha. )

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Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).