“ And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? ”
And through thy knowledge - Because you knew that an idol was nothing, and that there could be really no danger of falling into idolatry from partaking of these entertainments. You will thus be t...
(7) And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? (7) An amplification of the argument taken both of comparison and opposites: "You wretched man", he says, "pleasing...
1 Corinthians 8. Let Those who Have Knowledge Control its Exercise by Love, lest they Ruin their Brother for whom Christ Died. Paul begins with a quotation from the church letter. They claim that a...
through . upon. App-104. The texts read "in", Greek. en. perish . Greek. apollumi. See 1 Corinthians 1:18 . for . on account of. App-104. 1 Corinthians 8:2 . Christ . App-98. This senten...
11. And thy brother perish Mark how serious an evil it is, that mankind commonly think so little of — that of venturing upon anything with a doubtful or opposing conscience. For the object t...
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? Shall the weak brother perish - Being first taught by thy conduct that there was no harm in thus eating, he grieves the...
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? Shall ... perish. So G g, Vulgate. But 'Aleph (') A B C Delta f read 'is being destroyed.' A single act, seeming...
(b) Food offered to Idols In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a ver...
And through thy knowledge shall... — Better, and by means of thy knowledge the weak one perishes — the brother for whom Christ died. It is not, as in the English version, a question, but it is...
Chapter 12 LIBERTY AND LOVE THE next question which had been put to Paul by the Corinthian Church, and to which he now replies, is "touching things offered unto idols," whether a Christian had li...
Consideration for Others' Weakness 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 It was the heathen custom of the time to present for blessing in the idol temples the food that was sold and bought in public marketplace...
The apostle next dealt with the subject of "things sacrificed to idols." The question evidently was whether the members of the Church in Corinth ought under any circumstances to eat parts of the heat...
(7) Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. (8) But m...
And through thy knowledge ,.... These words contain an aggravation of the sin such persons are guilty of, who are the means, by their example, of ensnaring weak minds, and causing them to stumble an...
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? Ver. 11. Thy weak brother perish ] Revolt to paganism, or at least pollute his conscience with mortal sin, which sha...
But take heed lest this liberty of yours To eat indifferently of such meats; become a stumbling-block An occasion of doing what they judge unlawful; to them that are weak Uninformed in the trut...
Chapter s 1 Timothy 4 have given God's answer to worldly wisdom; Chapter s 5 to 7 have dealt with questions concerning the flesh: now chapter 8 turns to the matter of Satanic influence, and this is...
On Eating Things Offered to Idols. A. D. 57. 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that know...
Through thy knowledge, in this place, is, by occasion of thy knowledge. God hath not given people knowledge that they thereby should be a means to harm and to destroy, but to do good, and to save o...
'But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if h...
CRITICAL NOTES N.B. 1.—See the question discussed in this chapter homiletically treated under 1 Corinthians 6:12 . N.B. 2.—Note how Paul here (as in Romans 14:15 .) bases nothing of his rep...
1 Corinthians 8:4 . We know that an idol is nothing. St. Paul transcribes this from Zechariah 2:18 , where the Hebrew text is literally “dumb nothings,” for dumb idols; a phrase used by the Gnost...
How as touching things offered to idols. Liberty and love 1. The question about meats necessarily arose in a society partly heathen and partly Christian. Every meal was dedicated to the househo...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 8:1-46 The relation of lore to knowledge with respect to the question of eating idol offerings. 1 Corinthians 8:1 As touching things offered unto idols ....
A warning against the reckless use of Christian liberty:
1 Corinthians 10:33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1 ; 1 Corinthians 8:13 ; Romans 14:15 ; Romans 14:20 ; Romans 14:21 ; Romans 15:1-3
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? — And for whom thou wilt not lose a meal's meat, so far from dying for him! We see, Christ died even for them that per...