1 Corinthians 8:10 NLT,NIV,ESV

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 8:10

8:10 weak, (d-22) Lit. 'the conscience of him weak.' emboldened (e-24) Lit. 'edified,' 'built up.' read more

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

(b) Food offered to Idols(i) The Principle of SelfdenialKnowledge must be tempered by love. More enlightened Christians must respect the scruples of their weaker brethren in the matter of eating meat which had been offered to idols.1-13. Paraphrase. ’Your next question relates to meat offered in sacrifice to idols, asking whether it is permissible for a Christian to partake of it. We all know, as you remark, that such food is absolutely harmless to a man’s spiritual life; but we must have... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 8:10

(10) For if any man (i.e., any of the weak brethren) see thee which hast knowledge.—The fact of your being avowedly advanced in the knowledge of the faith will make your example the more dangerous, because more effective.Sit at meat in the idol’s temple.—Some went so far as to not only eat, but eat in the precincts of the heathen temple. The Apostle being concerned now only with the point of the eating, does not rebuke this practice here, but he does so fully in 1 Corinthians 10:14-22. He... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8:1 This was a favourite text of Bacon's. Thus, in Valerius Terminus he observes: 'Evermore it must be remembered that the least part of knowledge passed to man by this so large charter from God must be subject to that use for which God hath granted it; which is the benefit and relief of the state and society of man; for otherwise all manner of knowledge becometh malign and serpentine, and therefore as carrying the quality of the serpent's sting and malice it maketh the mind of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Chapter 12LIBERTY AND LOVETHE 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 liberty to eat such things or not. This question necessarily arose in a society partly heathen and partly Christian. Every meal was in a manner dedicated to the household gods by laying some portion of it on the family altar. Where one member of a heathen family had become a Christian, he would at once be... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

5. Concerning Meats Offered to Idols: Christian Liberty Governed by Love CHAPTER 8 1. Concerning things sacrificed to idols and knowledge. (1 Corinthians 8:1-6 ). 2. True knowledge and liberty governed by love. (1 Corinthians 8:7-13 ). Another question is raised concerning things offered to idols. Should Christians eat what had been offered in sacrifice to idols? These idol-offered meats were generally sold in the meat market. Would a believer be defiled by using such meats? They all had... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

8:10 {6} For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;(6) Another plain explication of the same reason, propounding the example of the sitting down at the table in the idol’s temple. This thing the Corinthians did wrongly consider among things indifferent, because it is simply forbidden for the circumstance of the place, even though the offence had ceased,... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Chapters 1 Timothy 4:0 have given God's answer to worldly wisdom; chapters 5 to 7 have dealt with questions concerning the flesh: now chapter 8 turns to the matter of Satanic influence, and this is further discussed in chapter 10 and the beginning of chapter 12. The Corinthians were too little aware of the subtlety of all three of these evil influences, the world, the flesh, and the Devil. But they had evidently questioned Paul as to the eating of things sacrificed to idols. All Christians... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AND ITS ABUSE The Christian church was composed largely of Gentiles, who, when they were pagans, worshipped idols, with animal sacrifices and feasts in the idols’ temples. Having become Christians, their practices were discontinued, though pagan neighbors might occasionally invite them, in a social way, to join in such feasts. The question had arisen as to their Christian liberty to accept such invitations. A “liberal” party in the church not only favored it, but indeed... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Peculiar Questions 1 Corinthians 7-9 "I speak this by permission, and not of commandment." "I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." "I think also that I have the Spirit of God." Let us see what kind of quality we have to deal with, apart altogether from the mystery of inspiration, when we are dealing with such a man as the Apostle Paul. What was he out of the chair? Of what quality are God's princes? Unrobed and... read more