Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 8:11
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 perish.
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 perish.
Verse 1 Corinthians 8:11. _SHALL THE WEAK BROTHER PERISH_] Being first taught by thy conduct that there was no harm in thus eating, he grieves the Spirit of God; becomes again darkened and hardened; a...
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 the me...
5. CONCERNING MEATS OFFERED TO IDOLS: CHRISTIAN LIBERTY GOVERNED BY LOVE CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Concerning things sacrificed to idols and knowledge. (1 Corinthians 8:1)._ 2. True knowledge and liberty gove...
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 all...
ADVICE TO THE WISE (1 Corinthians 8:1-13) 8 With reference to things offered to idols--we are well aware that we all possess knowledge; but knowledge inflates a man, whereas love builds him up. If an...
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 sentence is not. qu...
_shall the weak brother perish_ Some read, _the weak brother is perishing_. Cf. Romans 14:15....
1 Corinthians 8:1-13. The Question of Meats offered in Sacrifice to Idols There is a great general similarity between this chapter and Romans 14. The question comes before the reader there in a somew...
ἈΠΌΛΛΥΤΑΙ ΓΆΡ אB, ἀπόλλυται οὖν A, καὶ� D. Rec. καὶ� EFG Peshito, Vulg. and Irenaeus. The copies of Vetus Lat. are divided. 11. ἈΠΌΛΛΥΤΑΙ ΓΆΡ. This may either be rendered (1) _Why! through thy knowle...
THE QUESTION OF MEATS OFFERED IN SACRIFICE TO IDOLS There is a great general similarity between this chapter and Romans 14. The question comes before the reader there in a somewhat different form. The...
_I WILL EAT NO FLESH 1 CORINTHIANS 8:11-13:_ We must deny ourselves even concerning what is lawful rather than to cause a weak brother for whom Christ died to stumble. What happened is this; the weak...
ΆΠΌΛΛΥΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΆΠΌΛΛΥΜΙ (G59) губить; здесь: "совершать грех". Это значит повести себя не по-христиански (Grosheide). ΑΣΘΕΝΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G19) быть слабым. Part,...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 8:7-12. Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their consci...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 The Practice (1 Corinthians 8:8-13) 8Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9Only take care lest this liberty...
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, seemingly un...
31 The transient, fleeting character of all of this world's relationships and experiences should warn us not to let them take an undue hold upon our hearts. We cannot but use the world to a limited ex...
_(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 very ur...
PERISH] The result of acting against conscience: cp. Romans 14:23. 'Whatsoever is not of faith' (i.e. done without thorough conviction that it is right) 'is sin.'...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 THE PROBLEM 8:1-13 V1 Now I want to deal with the question about food that someone has *sacrificed to *idols. We know that we all have k...
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 the...
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 libert...
“For the weak man [whom you talk of building up!] _is being destroyed_ through thy knowledge the brother, on whose account Christ died!” (Romans 14:15). This affirms, with terrible emphasis, the issue...
§ 26. THE WEAK CONSCIENCE OF THE OLD IDOLATER. The knowledge of the one Father and Lord upon which the Cor [1251] Church prided itself, had not released all its members from fears respecting the _idol...
CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS' WEAKNESS 1 Corinthians 8:1 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 marketplaces. A grav...
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 heath...
A Demonstration of Brotherly Love Despite the fact that there is only one true God, Paul indicated some converts still held a feeling of reverence for the idols they had long worshiped. They would hav...
(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...
“For if any man see thee, which hast knowledge, sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols? 11. And so...
I. THE QUESTION CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF OUR NEIGHBOUR'S SALVATION. 8:1-9:22. The apostle proves that if there is a knowledge which all equally possess (1 Corinthians 8:1-6), there remains a d...
(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 me...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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 to which o...
After this the apostle answers the question respecting meats offered to idols, which gives occasion to a few words on the value of knowledge. Simply as knowledge, it is worth nothing. If we look at it...
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 and f...
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 shall...
_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 truth...
THROUGH THY KNOWLEDGE; the improper use of it....
A warning against the reckless use of Christian liberty:...
AND THROUGH THY KNOWLEDGE SHALL THE WEAK BROTHER PERISH, FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED?...
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 fu...
FOR THROUGH THY KNOWLEDGE HE THAT IS WEAK PERISHETH, THE BROTHER FOR WHOSE SAKE CHRIST DIED. 'through thy knowledge' -'ruined by your "enlightened mind"' (Mof) Led to ruin by knowledge that makes on...
7-13 Eating one kind of food, and abstaining from another, have nothing in them to recommend a person to God. But the apostle cautions against putting a stumbling-block in the way of the weak; lest t...
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 othe...
For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died. [Paul here presents a new appeal, of unapproachable pathos and power. The world had never before heard any...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III And again: "And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died; "[338] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII But if we were to give mo...
1 Corinthians 8:11 And G2532 because G1909 your G4674 knowledge G1108 shall G622 weak G770 (G5723) brother G80
'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 he...
1 Corinthians 8:11. FOR THROUGH THY KNOWLEDGE HE THAT IS WEAK PERISHETH, THE BROTHER [1] FOR WHOSE SAKE CHRIST DIED. It might seem that “for” here is inappropriate; but the thought is this: ‘The wrong...
It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
As part of the sacrificial victims went to the market, it was liable to be served to Christians at the tables of their heathen friends; and as festive entertainments were often held in the idol temple...
THROUGH THY KNOWLEDGE (εν τη ση γνωσε). Literally, in thy knowledge. Surely a poor use to put one's superior knowledge.PERISHETH (απολλυτα). Present middle indicative of the common verb απολλυμ,...
CONTENTS: Meats offered to idols, and the limitations of Christians' liberty. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: There is nothing in the distinction of food that will make any distinction be...
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 Gnostics....
AND SO THIS WEAK MAN. Because he sins in eating (Romans 14:23), he may perish; or he might be led back into idolatry....
_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 household g...
_And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?_ SUFFERING, THE MEASURE OF WORTH I. The “weak brother” is not of much value in himself; but he is made valuable by the...
_Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge._ IGNORANCE 1. Great ignorance may consist with genuine piety. 2. Is a source of much unnecessary anxiety and peril. 3. Is to be deplored and piti...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 8:10 EATING IN AN IDOL’S TEMPLE. See note on 8:1–11:1. Paul elsewhere uses DESTROYED to mean eternal destruction ...
CHAPTER 8 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER In this Chapter he treats of the second general question put before him by the Corinthians. It dealt with things offered to idols, and whether it was lawful to eat...
_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 reply to th...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1 _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. This was doubtless...
Now, the second issue: Now as touching the things offered unto idols, we know that we have all knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1). A contrast between knowledge and...
1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 8:13; Romans 14:15;...
Shall the weak brother perish [α π ο λ λ υ τ α ι ο α σ θ ε ν ω ν]. Not a question, as A. V. The participle "he that is being weak" indicates a continuance of the weakness, and the present tense, is pe...