For why is my liberty? The meaning of this passage is, that though we ought, on some occasions, to abstain from things in themselves lawful, yet, that on other occasions we are by no means obliged to it, particularly when our brother is not thoroughly instructed on that head. (Theophylactus)
Verse 29. 30. _FOR WHY IS MY LIBERTY JUDGED OF ANOTHER MAN'S_ _CONSCIENCE?_ C.] Though in the case of flesh offered to idols, and other matters connected with idolatry, (on which it appears there was...
CONSCIENCE, I SAY, NOT THINE OWN - I know that you may have no scruples on the subject. I do not mean that with you this need be a matter of conscience. I do not put it on that; ground, as if an idol...
7. WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Warnings from Israel's past history. (1 Corinthians 10:4)._ 2. Exhortations. (1 Corinthians 10:15). The same subject is continued with this chapter. The...
1 Corinthians 10:23 to 1 Corinthians 11:1. From the meal in the idol's temple Paul passes to the question as it arose in daily life. He repeats that while all might be lawful all was not expedient (1...
All things are allowed to me, but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed, but all things do not build up. Let no one think only of his own good, but let him think of the good of the ot...
THE PERIL OF OVER-CONFIDENCE (1 Corinthians 10:1-13)...
OF THE OTHER. that of the other. This must be. weak believer, who wished to give warning;. heathen would have no "conscience" in the matter. Here, after the parenthesis of verses: 1 Corinthians 10:26,...
_why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?_ This and the following verse are a little obscure, but the sense appears to be that no man has a right to interfere with the liberty enjoyed by...
ἙΑΥΤΟΥ͂. For the usual σεαυτοῦ. Winer, _Gr. Gram._ § 22, refers to John 18:34. But B (followed by Westcott and Hort) reads σεαυτοῦ there. Winer gives some instances of this unusual construction from c...
_TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND WITHOUT OFFENCE 1 CORINTHIANS 10:23-33:_ Christians must be fully convinced that there is such a thing as right and wrong. The Christian is very much out of step with the thin...
ΤΉΝ έαυτοΰ (G1438) (совесть) его самого. ΊΝΑΤΊ (G2444) почему, ΚΡΊΝΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить; _pass._ быть судимым, быть подвергнутым суду (Barrett)....
FOR WHY IS MY LIBERTY JUDGED OF— Some think that the meaning is, "Why should I use my liberty so, as to offend the conscience of any?"—Others think it is an objection in the mouth of the Corinthians,...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 10:23-33. All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. 24 Let no man seek his own, but each his...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Insensitiveness (1 Corinthians 10:23-30) 23 All things are lawful, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful, but not all things build up. 24Let no one seek h...
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? CONSCIENCE ... OF THE OTHER - the weak brother (1 Corinthians 10:28). FOR WHY IS MY L...
25 Contestants in the Grecian games had to take an oath that they had been ten months in training, and that they would violate none of the regulations. They lived on a prescribed diet and exercised se...
10:29 liberty (e-17) 'Are lawful' is the verb, of which _ exousia_ , the word translated 'right' or 'liberty' in ch. 8.9, and 'power' in Matthew 10:1 , is the noun. The word translated 'liberty' in v...
_(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...
OF ANOTHER] RV 'by another.' Stevens paraphrases the v., 'Such action would have its entire reason in the weakness of the scrupulous man, for, in itself considered, one's liberty is not determined by...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 *WARNINGS FROM ISRAEL’S HISTORY 10:1-13 *SPIRITUAL FOOD AND DRINK 10:1-5 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I do not want you to forget that a...
CONSCIENCE, I SAY, NOT THINE OWN, BUT OF THE OTHER. — In the previous verse there is nothing to indicate that the obligation not to eat the meat under such circumstances arises from a consideration of...
CHAPTER 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. And pa...
to 1 Corinthians 11:1. § 34. LIBERTY AND ITS LIMITS. The maxim “All things are lawful” was pleaded in defence of the use of the idolothyta, as of other Cor [1541] laxities; so the Ap. has to discuss i...
1 Corinthians 10:28-29 _a_. ἐὰν δὲ … εἴπῃ, “But if any one say to you” a probable contingency, as εἴ τις καλεῖ κ. τ. λ. (1 Corinthians 10:27) was an assumed fact; see Bn [1576] on the forms of the Con...
“DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD” 1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 11:1 There seems to be a, clear distinction in the Apostle's directions between feasting in an idol temple on the one hand, and the acc...
A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that th...
Seeking The Good of Brethren Paul knew all things not morally wrong were lawful, but some of those would not build up or strengthen the church. When Christians have the right to do something, the que...
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: (8) for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience? (8) A reason: for we must take heed that our liberty is not spoken of as evil, and t...
“But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake. 29. Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for to what purpose c...
(23) All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. (24) Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. (25) Whatsoev...
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...
29._Conscience, I say, not thine own _He always carefully takes heed not to diminish liberty, or to appear to take from it in any degree. “Thou oughtest to bear with the weak conscience of thy brother...
The apostle then gives the Corinthians the ways of God with Israel in the wilderness, as instruction with regard to His ways with us, declaring that the things which happened to them were types or fig...
CONSCIENCE I SAY, NOT THINE OWN,.... Which is well informed about these things, and is fully persuaded that an idol is nothing, and that things sacrificed to idols are nothing; and as they cannot prof...
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another _man's_ conscience? Ver. 29. _Why is my liberty judged_] As a profane licence. We should be shy of the very...
_If any of them that believe not_ Any heathen who lives in your neighbourhood; _bid you to a feast_ Invite you to his house; _and ye be disposed_ To accept the invitation; _whatever is set before you_...
JUDGED OF ANOTHER MAN'S CONSCIENCE; why should another man make the scruples of his conscience a measure of my liberty? This, with what follows in the next verse, is said in support of the assertion j...
CONSCIENCE, I SAY, NOT THINE OWN, BUT OF THE OTHER; FOR WHY IS MY LIBERTY JUDGED OF ANOTHER MAN'S CONSCIENCE?...
Rules of conduct:...
Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place o...
CONSCIENCE,. SAY, NOT THINE OWN, BUT THE OTHER'S; FOR WHY IS MY LIBERTY JUDGED BY ANOTHER CONSCIENCE? 'for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?' -'Why then should my personal freedom be l...
23-33 There were cases wherein Christians might eat what had been offered to idols, without sin. Such as when the flesh was sold in the market as common food, for the priest to whom it had been given...
By reason of what we had, 1 CORINTHIANS 10:28, (where the apostle forbade eating these meats, in case any at the feast told them they had been offered to idols, both for his sake that told him so, and...
conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience? [Christianity did not forbid a man to retain his friendships among pagans, nor did it prohibit fe...
1 Corinthians 10:29 Conscience G4893 G1161 say G3004 (G5719) not G3780 own G1438 but G235 other G2087
This may offend some who want to know why their freedom should be bound by someone else's conscience. Why, if they eat the meat with gratitude to God, or do so because they enjoy the grace of God reve...
'But if any man say to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice in a temple (hierothyton)," do not eat, for his sake who revealed it, and for conscience sake. Conscience, I say, not your own, but the...
_Attendance at Idolatrous Feasts, 1 Corinthians 10:14_ to 1 Corinthians 11:1 When the first love of the converts began to cool, and, as a natural consequence, they drew closer to their heathen acquain...
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...
FOR WHY IS MY LIBERTY JUDGED BY ANOTHER CONSCIENCE? (ινα τ γαρ η ελευθερια μου κρινετα υπο αλλης συνειδησεωσ;). Supply γενητα (deliberative subjunctive) after τ. Paul deftly puts himself in the plac...
1 Corinthians 10:15. I Speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion...
CONTENTS: Israel in the wilderness, a warning example. Fellowship of the Lord's table demands separation. Law of love in relation to eating and drinking. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Moses. CONCLU...
1 Corinthians 10:1. _I would not have you ignorant_ of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; _that our fathers,_ for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respecting...
BUT THE OTHER MAN'S CONSCIENCE. "You know that eating such food is not worshiping the idol. But if the unbeliever (or a weak brother) sees you do this when you _know_ it has been sacrificed to the ido...
CHAPTER 10 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER From speaking of the contest, in which those who deny themselves and strive lawfully are rewarded, and in which the slothful and self-indulgent are condemned and pu...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 10:1.—Notice “_for_,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. _ult. Q.d_. “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; _for_ it is e...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 _Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations._ 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 MOREOVER; rather, _for. _He has just shown them, by his own ex
Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and passed through the sea (1 Corinthians 10:1); Now he is talking about their forefathers w...
1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 2 Corinthians 8:21;...
Conscience I say, not thy own — I speak of his conscience, not thine. For why is my liberty judged by another's conscience — Another's conscience is not the standard of mine, nor is another's persuasi...
Here the apostle tells them that they ought to abstain from that which is lawful and indifferent in itself, for the sake of another man's conscience. This meat had not been unlawful to them, though of...