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Verse 1 Corinthians 8:2. _HE KNOWETH NOTHING YET_, c.] The person who
acts in this rash, unfeeling way, from the general knowledge which he
has of the vanity of idolatry and the liberty which the Gos...
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AND IF ANY THINK ... - The connection and the scope of this passage
require us to understand this as designed to condemn that vain conceit
of knowledge, or self-confidence, which would lead us to desp...
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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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IF App-118.
ANY MAN... ANY THING. Greek. _tis._ App-123.
KNOWETH. App-132. with texts.
NOTHING YET. not yet any thing. Greek. _oudepo oudeis._. double
negative. The texts read single negative....
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_And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing
yet as he ought to know_ We have knowledge, certainly, but it is by no
means perfect knowledge. Cf. ch. 1 Corinthians 13:12. And the...
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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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ἘΓΝΩΚΈΝΑΙ אABDEFG.
[οὐδέν] after ΟΥ̓́ΠΩ omit אABDFG. Vetus Lat. Vulg. E and
Peshito insert it.
ἜΓΝΩ אABDFG. ἔγνωκε rec. with E.
2. ἘΓΝΩΚΈΝΑΙ. This word implies the knowledge which comes
from observ...
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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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_KNOWLEDGE PUFFS UP 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-3:_ In their letter to Paul the
Corinthian brethren had asked him about meat that had been offered to
idols. Paul said this was a subject that everyone had some k...
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DISCOURSE: 1964
PROPER ACCOMPANIMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
1 Corinthians 8:2. _If any man think that he knoweth any thing, he
knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know_.
OF all the apostolic churches, not one...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
The Principle (1 Corinthians 8:1-3)
8 Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that all of us possess
knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2If any one...
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And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing
yet as he ought to know.
AND. Greek, 'But;' so 'Aleph (') Delta G f g; but A B, Vulgate, omit
it. The absence of the connecting pa...
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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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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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IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE KNOWETH ANY THING.... — There must be a
moral as well as a merely intellectual element in knowledge if it is
to be true knowledge. Without love to guide us in its use it is no...
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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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§ 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...
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Loveless knowledge is _ruinous_ (1 Corinthians 8:1 _b_); more than
that, it is _self-stultifying_. The contrasted hypotheses εἴ τις
δοκεῖ ἐγνωκέναι τι (= δοκεῖ σοφὸς
εἶναι, 1 Corinthians 3:18) and εἴ...
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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 Question of Christian Liberty
The questions sent by the Corinthians to Paul did not end with those
on marriage. McGarvey sees the next question as, "Have not Christians
perfect liberty to eat meat t...
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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, as touching things offered to idols, we know that we all have
knowledge, knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. 2. If any man
think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought...
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(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...
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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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2._And if any man thinketh _That man _thinketh that he knoweth
something_, who is delighted with the opinion that he entertains of
his own knowledge, and despises others, as if he were far above them....
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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 IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE KNOWS ANYTHING,.... Whoever has an
opinion of himself, or is conceited with his own knowledge, and
fancies that he knows more than he does; which is always the case of
tho...
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And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet
as he ought to know.
Ver. 2. _If any man think_] This is one thing I know, that I know
nothing, said Socrates. Neither know I th...
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_Now_ As to the next question you proposed, namely, _touching things
offered_ Meats sacrificed, and so consecrated; _unto idols_ When the
heathen offered sacrifices of such animals as were fit for foo...
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THINK THAT HE KNOWETH; is puffed up with a conceit of his superior
knowledge. A man proud of his knowledge is ignorant of himself, and
dangerous to others....
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CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IN THE MATTER OF EATING MEAT OFFERED TO IDOLS.
Knowledge and charity:...
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AND IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE KNOWETH ANYTHING, HE KNOWETH NOTHING YET
AS HE OUGHT TO KNOW....
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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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IF ANY MAN THINKETH THAT HE KNOWETH ANYTHING, HE KNOWETH NOT YET AS HE
OUGHT TO KNOW;
'thinketh' -'supposes' (NASV) 'Its good to know, but then there is an
attitude toward your knowing. There is. he...
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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...
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Let it be in this or any other matter, if any man be proud of his
knowledge, and be conceited that he knoweth enough, and needeth none
to instruct him, he may indeed have a notion of things, but it wi...
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If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he
ought to know [for humility precedes true knowledge];...
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Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics
who also "thought that they knew somewhat, whereas they knew not yet
anything, as they ought to know."[296]
Tertullian On Modesty
and, "If any thinks hi...
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1 Corinthians 8:2 And G1161 anyone G1536 thinks G1380 (G5719) knows
G1492 (G5760) anything G5100 knows G1097
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'If any man thinks that he knows anything, he knows not yet as he
ought to know, but if any man loves God, the same is known by him.'
This applies especially in our relationship to God. We may have a...
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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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1 Corinthians 8:2. IF ANY MAN THINKETH THAT HE KNOWETH ANYTHING, HE
KNOWETH NOT YET AS HE OUGHT TO KNOW has not got upon the right track
in his search after knowledge, for what inflates its possessor...
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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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PUFFETH UP
(φυσιο). From φυσιοω (present indicative active). See on 1
Corinthians 4:6. Pride may be the result, not edification
(οικοδομε) which comes from love. Note article (η) with both
γνωσις an...
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1 Corinthians 8:2
I. Corinth was a large city with a great deal of communication with
other countries, and an active state of knowledge existing within
itself. The Corinthians were likely to be struck...
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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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WHO THINKS HE KNOWS. Loveless knowledge is destructive. See notes on
Revelation 2:4-5. True knowledge always makes you humble and loving....
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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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_If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as
he ought to know._
PRIDE VITIATES RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE
St. Paul would teach those who placed a high estimate upon a
philosophical...
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_And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet
as he ought to know._ He who is puffed up at the thought that he knows
something, knows not yet the end, use and measure of knowl...
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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 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 6:3; 1 Timothy 6:4; Galatians 6:3; Prove
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That he knoweth anything [ε γ ν ω κ ε ν α ι τ ι]. Or,
literally, has come to know. See on John 2:24; John 3:10; John 17:3.
Showing in what sense knowledge was used in the previous clause :
fancied kno...
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If any man think he knoweth any thing — Aright, unless so far he is
taught by God. He knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know — Seeing
there is no true knowledge without divine love....
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That is, "if. man have ever so much knowledge, yet if it be not
accompanied with charity and humility, if he improve not his knowledge
to the glory of God, and the good of others, he knows nothing to...