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1 CORINTHIANS 8:12 avsqenou/san {A}
The absence of avsqenou/san from î46 and Clement was regarded as
either an accident in transcription or a deliberate modification,
introduced to prevent the reader...
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BUT WHEN YE SIN SO AGAINST THE BRETHREN - This is designed further to
show the evil of causing others to sin; and hence, the evil which
might arise from partaking of the meat offered to idols. The wor...
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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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SIN. App-128.
AGAINST. App-104.
WOUND. strike.
THEIR, &C. = their conscience since it is weak....
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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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_ye sin against Christ_ Cf. St Matthew 25:40; Matthew 25:45. For the
reason of this compare St John 17 throughout, as also such passages as
Romans 12:5;...
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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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ἈΣΘΕΝΟΥ͂ΣΑΝ refers rather to the _present condition_ than
the permanent character of the conscience, and intimates the hope that
the weakness will pass away as the believer grows in grace.
ΕἸΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΌΝ...
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_I WILL EAT NO FLESH 1 CORINTHIANS 8:11-13:_ We must deny ourselves
even concerning what is lawful rather than to cause a weak brother for
whom Christ died to stumble. What happened is this; the weak...
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ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΩ
(G264) грешить. Cond. или _temp. part._, или _part._
средства,
ΕΙΣ с _асс._ против,
ΤΎΠΤΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΤΎΠΤΩ (G563)
ранить, ударять кулаком...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Text_
1 Corinthians 8:12-13. And thus, sinning against the brethren, and
wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. 13
Wherefore, if meat causeth my brot...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
The Practice (1 Corinthians 8:8-13)
8Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not
eat, and no better off if we do. 9Only take care lest this liberty...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Text_
1 Corinthians 8:7-12. Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge:
but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing
sacrificed to an idol; and their consci...
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But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ.
WOUND THEIR WEAK CONSCIENCE - literally, 'smile their conscience,
being (as yet) weak.' It aggravat...
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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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SIN AGAINST CHRIST] who identifies Himself with His brethren (Acts
9:4; Matthew 25:40)....
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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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WHEN YE SIN SO. — When you sin in this way — and he explains
further what the sin is: “Striking a blow upon their weak
consciences” — you sin against Christ. You wound a member of that
body which is H...
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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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§ 26. THE WEAK CONSCIENCE OF THE OLD IDOLATER. The knowledge of the
one Father and Lord upon which the Cor [1251] Church prided itself,
had not released all its members from fears respecting the
_idol...
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In such case, not only the weak brother sins by yielding, but the
strong who tempted him; and the latter sins directly “against
Christ” (for the construction, _cf._ 1 Corinthians 6:18): “But
sinning i...
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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 Demonstration of Brotherly Love
Despite the fact that there is only one true God, Paul indicated some
converts still held a feeling of reverence for the idols they had long
worshiped. They would hav...
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(8) But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ.
(8) Another amplification: such offending of our weak brethren,
results in the offending of Christ...
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“But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13. Wherefore, if meat make my
brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest
I...
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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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(7) Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with
conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto
an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. (8) But me...
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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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12._When ye sin so against the brethren_, etc. For if the soul of
every one that is weak is the price of Christ’s blood, that man who,
for the sake of a very small portion of meat, hurries back again...
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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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BUT WHEN YE SIN SO AGAINST THE BRETHREN,.... Through sitting at meat
in an idol's temple, and thereby violating the new commandment of
love; by which saints are obliged to love one another as brethren...
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But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ.
Ver. 12. _And wound their weak consciences_] Gr. τυπτοντες,
beat upon it to make it sound heavily, as...
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_But take heed lest this liberty of yours_ To eat indifferently of
such meats; _become a stumbling-block_ An occasion of doing what they
judge unlawful; _to them that are weak_ Uninformed in the truth...
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BUT WHEN YE SIN SO AGAINST THE BRETHREN AND WOUND THEIR WEAK
CONSCIENCE, YE SIN AGAINST CHRIST....
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A warning against the reckless use of Christian liberty:...
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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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AND THUS, SINNING AGAINST THE BRETHREN, AND WOUNDING THEIR CONSCIENCE
WHEN IT IS WEAK, YE SIN AGAINST CHRIST.
'And thus' -'in this manner.. connecting the sin against the brother
with the conduct pr...
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7-13 Eating one kind of food, and abstaining from another, have
nothing in them to recommend a person to God. But the apostle cautions
against putting a stumbling-block in the way of the weak; lest t...
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BUT WHEN YE SIN SO AGAINST THE BRETHREN: sin is properly against God,
for it is a breach of the Divine law; but the violations of that part
of the Divine law which concerneth our duty to our neighbour...
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And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience
when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. [who suffers with the very
least of his servants (Matthew 18:6; Matthew 25:40; Matthew 25:...
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The Second Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity
believers say, "Never will we eat flesh, that we may not make our
brother to stumble."[24]...
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1 Corinthians 8:12 But G1161 thus G3779 sin G264 (G5723) against G1519
brethren G80 and G2532 wound G5180 ...
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'But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to the weak. For if a man sees you who have knowledge
sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he...
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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 8:12. AND (not only so, but) THUS SINNING AGAINST THE
BRETHREN, AND WOUNDING THEIR CONSCIENCE WHEN IT IS WEAK, YE SIN
AGAINST CHRIST who is wounded in their wounds....
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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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WOUNDING THEIR CONSCIENCE
(τυπτοντες αυτων την συνειδησιν). Old verb
τυπτω, to smite with fist, staff, whip. The conscience is
sensitive to a blow like that, a slap in the face.YE SIN AGAINST
CHRIS...
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SIN
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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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AND IN THIS WAY. Each Christian is a _proxy_ of Christ. See note on
Acts 9:4. If you sin against your brother, you sin against Christ!...
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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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_Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge._
IGNORANCE
1. Great ignorance may consist with genuine piety.
2. Is a source of much unnecessary anxiety and peril.
3. Is to be deplored and piti...
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_And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom
Christ died?_
SUFFERING, THE MEASURE OF WORTH
I. The “weak brother” is not of much value in himself; but he is
made valuable by the...
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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 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 2:25;...
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Ye sin against Christ — Whose members they are....
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The apostle goes on to show, that such an use of our Christian liberty
as doth embolden and encourage others to do that which is evil, is
both an act of uncharitableness towards our brother, and also...