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Verse 1 Corinthians 8:9. _BUT TAKE HEED_] Lest by frequenting such
feasts and eating things offered to idols, under the conviction that
_an idol_ _is nothing_, and that you may eat those things innoc...
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BUT TAKE HEED - This is the reply of Paul to the argument of the
Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 8:8. “Though all that you say should be
admitted to be true, as it must be; though a man is neither morall...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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TAKE HEED. see, or look to it. App-133.
LEST BY ANY MEANS. Greek. _mepos_.
LIBERTY. authority, or right. App-172.
STUMBLINGBLOCK. Greek. _proskomma._ See Romans 9:32.
THEM THAT ARE. the....
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_this liberty of yours_ Rather, RIGHT. Under ordinary circumstances we
have a right to act upon our rational convictions. But this right has
its limits, see ch. 1 Corinthians 6:12, and note. We are bo...
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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...
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ἘΞΟΥΣΊΑ. See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 7:4. Under ordinary
circumstances we have a right to act upon our rational convictions.
See ch. 1 Corinthians 10:29. But this right has its limits, see ch. 1
Cor...
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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...
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_CAUSING A BROTHER TO STUMBLE 1 CORINTHIANS 8:7-10:_ Some brethren at
Corinth had not gained enough spiritual knowledge to know that an idol
is nothing at all. They had turned to the Lord but they sti...
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ΒΛΈΠΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991)
видеть, обращать внимание, быть
настороже,
ΜΉ (G3361) чтобы не, с _aor. Conj._ выражает отр.
_imper._ (BD, 184).
ΠΡΌΣΚΟΜΜΑ (G4348) преткновение, помеха,...
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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...
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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...
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But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to them that are weak.
THIS LIBERTY OF YOURS - your watchword. The indifference of meats,
which I concede, is just why...
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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...
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8:9 right (c-7) Or 'liberty,' _ exousia_ . Title in a man's own
conscience is the sense. see Note, Matthew 10:1 ....
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THIS LIBERTY OF YOURS] i.e. freedom to eat....
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_(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...
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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...
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BUT TAKE HEED. — On this very account, because the matter is one
which _is_ indifferent, because there is no right or wrong in it, you
must look elsewhere for your guide as to how you ought to act. In...
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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...
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“Beware, however, lest this right of yours” _sc_. to eat the
idolothyta, for which many of the Cor [1261] are contending, and
probably in the Church Letter (1 Corinthians 8:1). For ἐξουσία
in this use...
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§ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Meat doth not commend us to God. It is an admonition to those, who
because they knew that meats offered to idols were not worse, would
not abstain, even when this scandalized the weak brethren: he te...
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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...
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“Now meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we
the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9. But take heed
lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling - b...
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(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...
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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...
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9._Take heed that your liberty _He leaves their liberty untouched, but
moderates the use of it thus far — that it may not give occasion of
stumbling to the weak. And he expressly desires that regard b...
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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...
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BUT TAKE HEED LEST BY ANY MEANS,.... This is either a reply to the
instance of such as argued in favour of eating things offered to
idols; or a limitation and explanation of the apostle's own
concessi...
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But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Ver. 9. True, it is indifferent, so it prove not a stumblingblock to
the unresolved. For in such a...
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_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...
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A STUMBLING - BLOCK; an occasion of leading others into sin. No man is
at liberty to do a thing merely because it is not expressly forbidden,
is not wrong in itself, or will not injure him. He is boun...
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BUT TAKE HEED LEST BY ANY MEANS THIS LIBERTY OF YOURS BECOME A
STUMBLING-BLOCK TO THEM THAT ARE WEAK....
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A warning against the reckless use of Christian liberty:...
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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...
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LIBERTY:
Or, power...
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BUT TAKE HEED LEST BY ANY MEANS THIS LIBERTY OF YOURS BECOME.
STUMBLINGBLOCK TO THE WEAK.
'But' -Yes food may be morally neutral, and food is. "liberty", but
you can push this "right" in the face of...
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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...
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OLBGrk;
The word exousia is here well translated _liberty, _ though it also
signifieth right, and seems in either sense rather to signify a
supposed than a real liberty or right; for we shall see in t...
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But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to the weak....
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1 Corinthians 8:9 But G1161 beware G991 (G5720) somehow G3381 G4458
this G3778 liberty G1849 yours G5216 bec
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'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...
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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...
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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...
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TAKE HEED
(βλεπετε). A warning to the enlightened.LEST BY ANY MEANS
(μη πως). Common construction after verbs of caution or fearing,
μη πως with aorist subjunctive γενητα.THIS LIBERTY OF YOURS
...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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_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...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 8:9 THIS RIGHT OF YOURS. Paul is
speaking from the Corinthians’ perspective (1 Corinthians 10:7,...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 10:29; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1
Corinthians 8:10;...
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Stumbling - block [π ρ ο σ κ ο μ μ α]. See on Romans 14:13....