1 Corinthians 8:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better;b neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. ”

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But meat commendeth us not to God - This is to be regarded as the view presented by the Corinthian Christians, or by the advocates for partaking of the meat offered in sacrifice to idols. The sen...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) 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. (5) An anticipation of an objection: why then will we therefore be deprive...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

commendeth . presenteth. Greek. paristemi. See Acts 1:3 , and compare 2 Corinthians 11:2 . Ephesians 5:27 ; Colossians 1:22 ; Colossians 1:28 . if . App-118. are we the better . Literally...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Meat recommendeth us not to God This was, or may have been, another pretext made use of by the Corinthians — that the worship of God does not consist in meats, as Paul himself teaches in...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. Meat commendeth us not to God - No such feasts as these can be a recommendation...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Meat commendeth us not to God— Ου παριστησι, sets us not before God; that is, to be taken notice of by him. It cannot be supposed that St. Paul, in answer to a letter of the Corinthians, should t...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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. Commendeth. So G f g, Vulgate. But 'Aleph (') A B [parasteese], 'shall,...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But meat.... — By showing that the eating is a matter of indifference, the Apostle introduces his reason for yielding to the weakness of another. If the weakness involved a matter of our vital rela...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But meat commendeth us not to God ,.... These words are said by the apostle, either as expressing the argument of such as had knowledge in favour of themselves, that what they did was a thing indiff...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 8. But meat commendeth us not ] This is another objection: meat is ind...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Howbeit, there is not in every man In every professing Christian; that knowledge Namely, that there is but one God, and one Lord, and that an idol is nothing, and has no power to defile the meat:...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

On Eating Things Offered to Idols. A. D. 57. 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that know...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle here speaketh in the person either of those teachers amongst them, or those more private persons amongst them, who made no difficulty of eating meat offered to idols; they objected, that...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'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.' So the strong should remember that the eating of food will never commend us to God...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 8:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
1 Corinthians 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 ....
1 Corinthians 8:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The weak in faith defile their conscience:
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:13 ; Colossians 2:20-23 ; Hebrews 13:9 ; Romans 14:17
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But meat commendeth us not to God — Neither by eating, nor by refraining from it. Eating and not eating are in themselves things merely indifferent.

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 8:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 8:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 8:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 8:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 8:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes