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.

Butª meatª commendethª° usª notª to God:ª forª neither,ª ifª we eat,ª° are we the better;ª° neither,ª if²°¹ we eatª° not,²¹ are we the worse.ª°

Butª meateª commendethª° vsª notª to God:ª forª neitherª ifª we eate,ª° are we the better:ª° neitherª if²°¹ wee eateª° not,²¹ are we the worse.ª°

But meat doth not bring us nigh to Aloha. For if we eat, we excel not; nor if we eat not, are we deficient.

But food doth not bring us near to God; for if we eat, we do not abound; and if we eat not, we are not in want.

βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ παραστήσει τῷ θεῷ: οὔτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν, ὑστερούμεθα, οὔτε ἐὰν φάγωμεν, περισσεύομεν.

A-consuming-to moreover to-us not it-shall-stand-beside unto-the-one unto-a-Deity; not-also if-ever lest we-might-have-devoured, we-be-lattered-unto, not-also if-ever we-might-have-devoured, we-abouted-of.