Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation Food will not affect our relationship with God. We are no worse off if we eat [that food] and no better off if we don't. American Standard Version 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. Berean Study Bible But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version 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. King James Bible 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. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation 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; 1 Corinthians 8:8 Additional Translations ... Links 1 Corinthians 8:8 NIV1 Corinthians 8:8 NLT 1 Corinthians 8:8 ESV 1 Corinthians 8:8 NASB 1 Corinthians 8:8 NKJV 1 Corinthians 8:8 KJV |