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CHAPTER VIII.
_The question of the Corinthians concerning meats offered to_
_idols, and the apostle's preface to his instructions on that_
_head_, 1-3.
_The nature of idolatry_, 4, 5.
_Of genuine...
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NOW AS TOUCHING - In regard to; in answer to your inquiry whether it
is right or not to partake of those things.
THINGS OFFERED UNTO IDOLS - Sacrifices unto idols. Meat that had been
offered in sacrif...
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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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AS TOUCHING. concerning. App-104.
THINGS, &C. = the things offered to idols. Greek. _eidolothutos._ See
Acts 15:29. This was another subject about which they had written.
KNOW. App-132.
ALL. i.e. t...
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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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_as touching things offered unto idols_ These were the parts of the
sacrifice not consumed by fire, but reserved, as in the Jewish
peace-offerings (see Leviticus 7:15-16; Leviticus 22:30), for the use...
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ΔΈ. NEXT, as we should say. The Apostle answers another of the
questions which have been submitted to him.
ΕἸΔΩΛΟΘΎΤΩΝ. These were the parts of the sacrifice not
consumed by fire, but reserved, as in...
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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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ΠΕΡΊ (G4012) с _gen._ по поводу,
относительно. Павел начинает
обсуждать второй вопрос, который ему
задали коринфяне (Grosheide).
ΕΊΔΩΛΌΘΥΤΟΝ (G1494) то, что предлагается
в жертву идолу. Это слово евр...
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NOW AS TOUCHING THINGS, &C.— This chapter is concerning the eating
of things offered to idols: wherein one may guess by St. Paul's
answer, that they had written to him; that they knew their Christian...
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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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Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have
knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
Though to those knowing that an idol has no existence, the question
of eat...
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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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8:1 know, (a-8) Two Greek words are used for 'to know' in the New
Testament -- _ ginosko_ and _ oida_ . The former signifies objective
knowledge, what a man has learned or acquired. The English expre...
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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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WE ALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE] This remark is probably quoted from the letter
of the Corinthians. 1 Corinthians 8:2 are St. Paul's comment on it.
CHARITY] RV 'love.'...
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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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VIII.
(1) NOW AS TOUCHING THINGS OFFERED UNTO IDOLS. — A new subject is
here introduced, and occupies the whole of this chapter. In Corinth
and other cities meat was offered for sale which had been us...
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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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_a_. Περὶ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων : another topic
of the Church Letter, to which the Apostle continues his reply (see
note on 1 Corinthians 7:1; also _Introd_., chap. 2). The word
εἰδωλόθυτον (see parls.),...
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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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Now (1) as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we (a) all
have knowledge. Knowledge (b) puffeth up, but charity (c) edifieth.
(1) He begins to entreat of another type of indifferent thing...
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Now concerning those things. It appears from this whole passage that
the Corinthians had, in a former letter, consulted this apostle, upon
the subject of eating meats offered to idols. It was not unus...
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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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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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(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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CONTENTS
The Apostle in this Chapter, is treating on the Subject of Meats
offered unto Idols. He very blessedly states the Privileges of the
Lord's People, in their Christian Liberty; but shews, with...
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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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_THE MORE EXCELLENT GIFT_
‘Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.’
1 Corinthians 8:1
The Apostle does not mean to depreciate either scientific or religious
knowledge, but there is in the text...
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He now passes on to another question, which he had merely touched upon
in the sixth chapter, without fully discussing. For when he had spoken
of the avarice of the Corinthians, and had drawn that disc...
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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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NOW AS TOUCHING THINGS OFFERED UNTO IDOLS,.... This was another of the
things the Corinthians wrote to the apostle about, desiring to have
his judgment in; it was a controversy that had been before mo...
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Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have
knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
Ver. 1. _Now as touching things_] Another case that they had
propounded to h...
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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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NOW AS TOUCHING THINGS OFFERED UNTO IDOLS, WE KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE
KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE PUFFS UP, BUT CHARITY EDIFIES....
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CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IN THE MATTER OF EATING MEAT OFFERED TO IDOLS.
Knowledge and charity:...
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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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NOW CONCERNING THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS: WE KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE
KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE PUFFETH UP, BUT LOVE EDIFIETH.
'Now concerning' -signals that Paul is picking up yet another item
from their...
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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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1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 8 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1 The preference of charity to
knowledge. 1 CORINTHIANS 8:4 An idol is nothing in the esteem of those
who have right notions of one God, and of one Lord Jesus C...
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[The question which Paul here answers may be stated thus: "Have not
Christians perfect liberty to eat meat that has been sacrificed to
idols?" To this question the Corinthians seem to have added a lin...
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Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus
The Apostle, perceiving the force [of this conjunction], and blaming
that knowledge which, without true doctrine, is admitted to influence
life,[66]
Irenaeus Against...
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1 Corinthians 8:1 Now G1161 concerning G4012 idols G1494 know G1492
(G5758) that G3754 all G3956 have G2192
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'Now concerning things sacrificed to idols.'
Paul here indicates by 'now concerning' that he is dealing with the
second main question raised by the Corinthians through their visiting
party (compare 1...
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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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1 Corinthians 8:1. NOW CONCERNING THINGS SACRIFICED UNTO IDOLS: WE
KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE ‘Ye plead your knowledge; we are at
one with you there; but this is a question, not of knowledge, but...
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NOW CONCERNING THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS
(περ δε των ειδωλοθυτων). Plainly the Corinthians
had asked also about this problem in their letter to Paul (1
Corinthians 7:1). This compound adjective (ει...
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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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FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS. The temple of an idol (1 Corinthians 8:10) was
a meeting-place for feasting. Constant sacrifices on the idol's altars
provided a source of meat. Much of the meat sold in markets...
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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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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1 Because pagan temples
offered animal parts in sacrifice to the gods, they also often
functioned as butcher shops and banqueting halls. Sometimes meals for
trade...
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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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_Now as touching things offered unto idols we know that we all have
knowledge._ We all know, though some of you may think differently,
that things offered to idols are the same as other food, and have...
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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 1:5; 1 Corinthians 10:19; 1 Corinthians 10:28; 1
Corinthians 13:1;...
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Things offered unto idols [ε ι δ ω λ ο θ υ τ ω ν]. See on
Revelation 2:14. We know that we all, etc. The arrangement of the text
is in question. Evidently a parenthesis intervenes between the
beginnin...
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Now concerning the next question you proposed. All of us have
knowledge — A gentle reproof of their self — conceit. Knowledge
without love always puffeth up. Love alone edifies — Builds us up in
holin...
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It was the opinion of the Gnostics and Nicolaitans, those early
erroneous persons in the apostle's days, that from the knowledge they
had of their Christian liberty, they might either be present in th...