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 you thus do, through your uncalled-for exercise of liberty, is far greater than you think; for whoever is thus the means of leading a Christian brother to violate his conscience is helping so far to destroy his soul.' Well might Olshausen say, in view of so affecting a statement, ‘The worth of even the poorest, weakest brother could not be more emphatically expressed.'

[1] Such is the correct reading here.

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