1 Corinthians 8:10 NLT,NIV,ESV

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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 have knowledge. Yes, but knowledge makes men conceited, love develops and consolidates them. They who fancy that they know have no right knowledge: he who loves God is known by God, a better knowledge than any of his own. However, all are aware that no idol has any real existence and that there... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Here the apostle showeth how they sinned in eating meat in the idol’s temple, which had been before offered to the idol, admitting the thing in itself lawful, (which indeed it was not), viz. accidentally, by laying a stumblingblock before their brethren, who either were really weak in their knowledge, or, at least, they were looked upon as such. For (saith he) if any see thee, who, they think, hast knowledge, or who boastest of thy knowledge, sit at meat in the idol’s temple, will not he by it... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

CRITICAL NOTESN.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 the Corinthian questions upon the decree of Acts 15:0, though dealing so directly in this Epistle with two of its points—fornication and things offered to idols. He is dealing—as Stanley points out—not with the Cephas, the Jewish party in the Church, but with the (self-styled) party of Paul and Apollos;... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Chapter 8Now, 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 love. We know we have all knowledge. Now, there was a problem in those days, because idolatry was so prevalent, most of the meat that you would buy in the marketplace had first a portion of it been offered unto the idols, the pagan gods. When they would butcher their meat they would take... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8:4 . We know that an idol is nothing. St. Paul transcribes this from Habakkuk 2:18, where the Hebrew text is literally “dumb nothings,” for dumb idols; a phrase used by the Gnostics. 1 Corinthians 8:6 . But to us, One God, the Father, possessing the Son in the beginning of his way. Proverbs 8:22. Joh 1:18 . From whom the Comforter proceeds, “in glory equal, in majesty coëternal.” The Father is the fountain of deity. To him no paternity can be added, no filiation to the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8:1-13How as touching things offered to idols. Liberty and love1. The question about meats necessarily arose in a society partly heathen and partly Christian. Every meal was dedicated to the household gods by laying some portion of it on the family altar. On a birthday, a marriage, or a safe return from sea, &c., it was customary to sacrifice in some public temple. And after the legs of the victim, enclosed in fat, and the entrails had been burnt on the altar, the worshipper... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 8:7-13

1 Corinthians 8:7-13Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge. Ignorance1. Great ignorance may consist with genuine piety.2. Is a source of much unnecessary anxiety and peril.3. Is to be deplored and pitied.4. May find relief in the study of Divine truth. (J. Lyth, D. D.)Christian libertyI. Its nature.1. Implies freedom of action in things indifferent.2. Depends on knowledge.3. Requires conscientious conviction.II. Its limits--1. Defined by a brother’s weakness.2. By love to Christ.3. By... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:10

10 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; Ver. 10. Be emboldened ] This is, Proficere in peius, aedificare in gehennam, To make in more evil, is to build in hell, as Tertullian hath it. While men look upon parti-coloured objects they bring forth spotted fruits, as Laban’s sheep did. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 8:10

which hast: 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:2 sit: 1 Corinthians 10:20, 1 Corinthians 10:21, Numbers 25:2, Judges 9:27, Amos 2:8 shall not: 1 Corinthians 10:28, 1 Corinthians 10:29, 1 Corinthians 10:32, Romans 14:14, Romans 14:23 emboldened: Gr. edified, 1 Corinthians 8:1 Reciprocal: Exodus 34:15 - eat 1 Kings 15:26 - in his sin Jeremiah 31:8 - them the Matthew 10:42 - one Mark 9:42 - offend Romans 15:14 - filled 1 Corinthians 8:7 - with 1 Corinthians 8:9 - take Revelation 2:20 - and to... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 8:10

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;For if any one see thee who hast knowledge — Whom he believes to have more knowledge than himself, and who really hast this knowledge, that an idol is nothing-sitting down to an entertainment in an idol temple. The heathens frequently made entertainments in their temples, on what hath been sacrificed to their... read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 8:7-13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 8:10

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 8:10

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