1 Corinthians 8:10 NLT,NIV,ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Sit at meat in the [an] idol's temple. To recline at a banquet in the temple of Poseidon or Aphrodite, especially in such a place as Corinth, was certainly an extravagant assertion of their right to Christian liberty. It was indeed a "bowing in the house of Rimmon" which could hardly fail to be misunderstood. The very word "idoleum" should have warned them. It was a word not used by Gentiles, and invented by believers in the one God, to avoid the use of "temple" ( ναὸς ) in connection... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

For if any man - Any Christian brother who is ignorant, or anyone who might otherwise become a Christian.Which hast knowledge - Who are fully informed in regard to the real nature of idol worship. You will be looked up to as an example. You will be presumed to be partaking of this feast in honor of the idol. You will thus encourage him, and he will partake of it with a conscientious regard to the idol.Sit at meat - Sitting down to an entertainment in the temple of the idol. Feasts were often... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 8:9-13

1 Corinthians 8:9-13. 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, or unsettled as to their knowledge of it. For if any man see thee Whom he believes to have more knowledge than himself, and who really hast this knowledge, that an idol is nothing; sit at meat in the idol’s temple To an entertainment there; shall not the... 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 8:10

see . App-133 . sit at meat = sitting down. idol's temple . Greek. eidoleion. Only here. conscience . Greek. suneidesis. which = since he. emboldened . Literally built up. Greek. oikodomeo, as in 1 Corinthians 8:1 . There is Irony ( App-6 ) here. Instead of building up the weak brother, the edifice will come tottering down (1 Corinthians 8:11 ). to eat = for (Greek. eis) eating. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?See thee who hast knowledge ... There positively has to be a vein of sarcasm in this. What kind of "knowledge" did any Corinthian have that could justify sitting down in the degrading festival carried on in an idol's temple? "Many of these functions were often accompanied by shameful licentiousness."[20] Paul did not digress here... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

1 Corinthians 8:10. Sit at meat in the idol's temple— Entertainments among the heathens commonlyconsistedofwhathadbeensacrificedtotheirfictitiousdeities;fromwhich, however, the truly pious among Christians religiously abstained, even when most rigorously imposed; and no doubt the Apostle's decision here had great weight with them. These feasts were often celebrated in their temples. See Elsner, Chemnitz, and Faber. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

10. if any man—being weak. which hast knowledge—The very knowledge which thou pridest thyself on ( :-), will lead the weak after thy example to do that against his conscience, which thou doest without any scruple of conscience; namely, to eat meats offered to idols. conscience of him which is weak—rather, "His conscience, seeing he is weak" [ALFORD and others]. emboldened—literally, "built up." You ought to have built up your brother in good: but by your example your building him up is the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 8:7-13

The criterion of care for a brother 8:7-13"He [Paul] develops an airtight case based on a solid theological foundation (1 Corinthians 8:6). But then comes the alla (’however’ [1 Corinthians 8:7]), and the argument moves in an entirely different direction."At issue is the nature of the community. Is it a community where those with a correct theology can ignore others who have an aversion to eating the idol-consecrated food? What must prevail is not the principle of superior knowledge but the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 8:10

In 1 Corinthians 8:10-12 Paul proceeded to appeal on behalf of the rights of the weak. Suppose a Corinthian Christian appreciated the fact that eating meat offered to an idol was insignificant in itself. He might accept an invitation from friends to share a meal in a pagan temple at which the cultic leader served offered meat if he saw another Corinthian believer there. Undoubtedly some of the believers in Corinth were attending these feasts and were encouraging other Christians to take this... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 8:9-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 8:7-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 8:10

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