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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:4-13

Aspects of responsibility. "As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols," etc. This paragraph suggests three general remarks. I. THAT THE MORAL OBLIGATIONS OF ALL MEN ARE DETERMINED BY THEIR RELATION TO THE ONE GOD AND HIS SON . "As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:4

As concerning therefore ... - The parenthesis closes with 1 Corinthians 8:3. The apostle now proceeds to the real question in debate, and repeats in this verse the question, and the admission that all had knowledge. The admission that all had knowledge proceeds through 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; and in 1 Corinthians 8:7 he gives the answer to it. In 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 everything is admitted by Paul which they asked in regard to the real extent of their knowledge on this subject; and in 1 Corinthians... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 8:4-6

1 Corinthians 8:4-6 . 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 supposed deity residing therein; is nothing A mere nominal god, having no real divinity, virtue, or power; and that there is none other God but one Jehovah, the self-existent, independent, infinite, and eternal Being, to whom the Scripture in general, and the gospel... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

8:1-11:1 FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLSIn Corinth, as in other places, temples were not just religious centres but also popular eating places. This created problems for the Christians, because the food was usually first offered to idols and Christians were not sure whether they should eat it. A related problem concerned food they bought in the market, for it also may have been first offered to idols. These are the issues Paul now deals with, though they lead him to the more important issue of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 8:4

As concerning . Greek. peri, as in 1 Corinthians 8:1 . eating . Greek. brosis . those = the. things . . . idols . Same word as in 1 Corinthians 8:1 , though it is translated by a longer phrase. nothing . Greek. oudeis . world . App-129 . none = no, Greek. oudeis . other . The texts omit. but . Greek. ei me . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:4

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.The sophisticated arguments of the "knowledge" party in Corinth are apparent in this. Since idols had no existence in fact, they felt safe in ignoring the popular superstitions regarding them; and Paul allowed the argument to stand, for the moment, it certainly being true that there is no God but one, and that an idol actually had no existence in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:4

1 Corinthians 8:4. We know that an idol is nothing— This was a common aphorism among the Jews, to which the word אלילים, alilim, which signifies idols, and things of nothing, alluded. See Job 13:4; Job 14:12. Whitby, Hammond, Elsner, and Parkhurst's Lexicon. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:4

4. As concerning, c.—resuming the subject begun in 1 Corinthians 8:1, "As touching," &c. idol is nothing—has no true being at all, the god it represents is not a living reality. This does not contradict 1 Corinthians 8:1- :, which states that they who worship idols, worship devils for here it is the GODS believed by the worshippers to be represented by the idols which are denied to have any existence, not the devils which really under the idols delude the worshippers. none other God—The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 8:4

In this verse Paul returned to the original subject of eating meals in idol temples and applied the priority of love over knowledge to it. Unquestionably idols are not spirit beings such as God. There is only one true God (Deuteronomy 6:4). Every Christian should know that, and the Corinthians did. "We know that" affirms what they all knew as true. read more