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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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_shall the weak brother perish_ Some read, _the weak brother is
perishing_. Cf. Romans 14:15....
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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...
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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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_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...
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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,...
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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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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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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...
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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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_(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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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.'...
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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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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...
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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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“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...
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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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“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...
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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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(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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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THROUGH THY KNOWLEDGE; the improper use of it....
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A warning against the reckless use of Christian liberty:...
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AND THROUGH THY KNOWLEDGE SHALL THE WEAK BROTHER PERISH, FOR WHOM
CHRIST DIED?...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 8:11 And G2532 because G1909 your G4674 knowledge G1108
shall G622 weak G770 (G5723) brother G80
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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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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...
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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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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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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,...
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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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AND SO THIS WEAK MAN. Because he sins in eating (Romans 14:23), he may
perish; or he might be led back into idolatry....
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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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_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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_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...
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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 ...
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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 10:33; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 8:13; Romans
14:15;...
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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...
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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...