Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 8:5
For though there be that are called gods — By the heathens both celestial, (as they style them,) terrestrial, and infernal deities.
For though there be that are called gods — By the heathens both celestial, (as they style them,) terrestrial, and infernal deities.
Verse 1 Corinthians 8:5. _THERE BE THAT ARE CALLED GODS_] There are many _images_ that are supposed to be _representations_ of divinities: but these divinities are nothing, the figments of mere fancy;...
THAT ARE CALLED GODS - Gods so called. The pagans everywhere worshipped multitudes, and gave to them the name of gods. WHETHER IN HEAVEN - Residing in heaven, as a part of the gods were supposed to do...
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...
GODS. App-98. Compare Psalms 82:1; Psalms 82:6. HEAVEN. No art. See Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. IN. upon. App-104. earth
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...
_as there be gods many, and lords many_ The Apostle does not say there _are_many gods or lords, but only that the gods of the heathen are _called_so. Calvin reminds us that the sun and moon, which hav...
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...
ΚΑῚ ΓᾺΡ ΕἼΠΕΡ ΕἸΣΊΝ. ‘For even if we admit that there are,’ A supposition the truth of which the Apostle immediately concedes. εἴπερ with the present is equivalent to _since_. ὭΣΠΕΡ ΕἸΣῚΝ ΘΕΟῚ ΠΟΛΛΟῚ...
_AN IDOL IS NOTHING 1 CORINTHIANS 8:4-6:_ Paul and the knowledgeable brethren understood that none of the idols were alive. They could say nothing and do nothing. These heathen idols have no divinity...
ΕΊΠΕΡ (G1512) если действительно, если в конце концов, здесь используется в уступительном значении (BD, 237). ΕΊΣΊΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Используется с _part._ в перифр. обороте,...
FOR THOUGH THERE BE THAT ARE CALLED GODS, WHETHER IN HEAVEN OR IN EARTH, &C.— This is an allusion to the famed division of the heathen gods into _celestial_ and _terrestrial._ The former, whom they ca...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 The Persons (1 Corinthians 8:4-7) 4 Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that an idol has no real existence, and that there is no God but one. 5For a...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 8:4-6. Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. 5 For...
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 'For even supposing (which is not really the case) there exist gods so called (), w...
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...
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...
FOR THOUGH THERE BE.... — This is an hypothetic argument. “Be” is the emphatic word of the supposition. Even assuming that there do exist those beings which are called “gods” (we have a right to make...
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...
§ 25. KNOWLEDGE OF THE ONE GOD AND ONE LORD. In inquiring from their Ap. “about the εἰδωλόθυτα,” the Cor [1217] had intimated their “knowledge” of the falsity of the entire system of idolatry. Here Pa...
may be an interjected comment of the Church Letter upon its creed; (_c_) the expression “gods many and lords many” applied to heathen divinities, which is foreign to Pauline as to Jewish phraseology,...
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...
Real Deity When an animal was sacrificed, only a small portion was burned. The rest was either eaten by the sacrificer or sold. The heathen looked on this meat as specially blessed. It seems some of t...
_Many gods, &c. Reputed for such among the heathens. (Challoner)_...
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...
“For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, as there be gods many, and lords many, 6. but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him, a...
(1) Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. (2) And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet...
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...
5._For though there be that are called _“They have,” says he, “the name, but the reality is wanting.” He uses the word _called _here, to mean — _renowned in the estimation of men _He has also made use...
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...
FOR THOUGH THERE BE THAT ARE CALLED GODS,.... That are so by name, though not by nature; who are called so in Scripture, as angels and magistrates, or by men, who give them such names, and account the...
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) Ver. 5. _That are called gods_] Hesiod reckons up 30,000 of them that were in his tim...
_As_, &c. To proceed, therefore, to the question in debate; _concerning the eating of those things that are offered unto idols_ Meats of whatever kind sacrificed to them. _We know that an idol_ Or the...
FOR THOUGH THERE BE THAT ARE CALLED GODS, WHETHER IN HEAVEN OR IN EARTH, (AS THERE BE GODS MANY AND LORDS MANY,)...
The knowledge of idols and the knowledge of God:...
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 THOUGH THERE BE THAT ARE CALLED GODS, WHETHER IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH; AS THERE ARE GODS MANY, AND LORDS MANY; 'that are called gods' -'if there are so-called gods' (NASV); 'It is true that men ha...
1-6 There is no proof of ignorance more common than conceit of knowledge. Much may be known, when nothing is known to good purpose. And those who think they know any thing, and grow vain thereon, are...
There are many whom heathens call gods, and whom God himself calleth gods: the angels that are in heaven are called _God's host,_ GENESIS 32:2; _the heavenly host,_ LUKE 2:13; _the sons of God,_ Job 1...
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven [as celestial bodies, or as myths] _or on earth_ [as idols]; _as there are gods many_ [the Greek cities had pantheons and temples filled wit...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book III For the name of God, as being the natural designation of Deity, may be ascribed to all those beings for whom a divine nature is claimed,-as, for instance, even to...
1 Corinthians 8:5 For G1063 if G1512 G2532 are G1526 (G5748) so-called G3004 (G5746) gods G2316 whether...
'Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in he...
1 Corinthians 8:3. BUT IF ANY MAN LOVETH GOD, THE SAME IS KNOWN OF HIM. See Galatians 4:9. These preliminaries now bring the apostle to his point. 1 Corinthians 8:4. Concerning therefore the eating of...
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...
FOR THOUGH THERE BE (κα γαρ ειπερ εισ). Literally, "For even if indeed there are" (a concessive clause, condition of first class, assumed to be true for argument's sake).CALLED GODS (λεγομενο θεο)...
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....
EVEN IF THERE ARE. The pagan world worshiped many false gods and goddesses....
_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...
_We know that an idol is nothing in the world._ AN IDOL NOTHING IN THE WORLD A singular phenomenon, known as the Spectre of the Brocken, is seen on a certain mountain in Germany. The traveller who at...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 8:4 Paul agrees with what the Corinthians KNOW, that idols do not represent real “GODS.” There is only one Go
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...
2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 5:4; Deuteronomy 10:17; Galatians 4:8;...
Gods - lords. Superhuman beings to whom these titles are given, as Ephesians 6:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4; John 12:31; John 14:30....
Here the apostle tells them, that although the heathen idolaters acknowledged. plurality of gods, some in heaven, as the sun, moon, and stars; some on earth, as men and beasts, they having their celes...