Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GFor the weak one is being destroyed through your knowledge — the brother on whose behalf Messiah died.
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageSo the weak person is being ruined by your knowledge — your own brother or sister, the very one the Messiah died for.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleSo this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
Footnotes
ἀπόλλυται is present tense — "is being destroyed, is perishing" — not a hypothetical warning but an ongoing reality. This root (ἀπόλλυμι) is the language of ultimate ruin and perdition. The phrase "for whom Christ died" is the theological load-bearing pillar of the entire argument: the cross has established the infinite worth of the weakest believer, and no meal can be weighed against what the Messiah purchased.
