Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 Corinthians 8:2
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
ΔΟΚΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380) думать, полагать, с _inf._ Павел использует выражение, которое значит: "если кто-л. считает себя человеком, который..." (IMC, 79). Ind. в _conj._ 1 типа, в ко...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
§ 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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
(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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IN THE MATTER OF EATING MEAT OFFERED TO IDOLS. Knowledge and charity:...
AND IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE KNOWETH ANYTHING, HE KNOWETH NOTHING YET AS HE OUGHT TO KNOW....
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...
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...
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...
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...
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know [for humility precedes true knowledge];...
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...
1 Corinthians 8:2 And G1161 anyone G1536 thinks G1380 (G5719) knows G1492 (G5760) anything G5100 knows G1097
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
WHO THINKS HE KNOWS. Loveless knowledge is destructive. See notes on Revelation 2:4-5. True knowledge always makes you humble and loving....
_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...
_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...
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...
_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...
_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...
1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 6:3; 1 Timothy 6:4; Galatians 6:3; Prove
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...
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....
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...