1 Corinthians 8:9 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:8-9

Christian liberty. No doubt Paul was regarded as the great champion of liberty. The apostles at Jerusalem were more under the influence of the old Judaism; Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles, gained a larger spirit of tolerance through his association with men of various races and habits. The Spirit of God set him free from restraints by which many good men were fettered. To him the party of knowledge, of emancipation, of liberalism, would naturally look for countenance and encouragement,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:9

Lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling block; rather, this power or right of yours. To lead any one to do that which he thinks to be wrong is to place a stone of stumbling in his way, even if we do not think the act to be wrong. For we make men worse if by our example we teach them to act in contradiction of their conscience. "Let your motto be forbearance, not privilege, and your watchword charity, not knowledge. Never flaunt your knowledge, seldom use your privilege"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:9

Our dealings with weak brethren. Our liberty may become a stumbling block to others, and against this we must be constantly on our guard. There will always be around us some "weak brethren." 1. They may be intellectually weak, really unable to grasp more than the simplicities of the truth, and readily thinking that what they can neither understand nor appreciate must be error. There is also such a thing as mental bias, which prevents men from appreciating or receiving more than some... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:9

But take heed - This is the reply of Paul to the argument of the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 8:8. “Though all that you say should be admitted to be true, as it must be; though a man is neither morally better nor worse for partaking of meat or abstaining from it; yet the grand principle to be observed is, so to act as not to injure your brethren. Though you may be no better or worse for eating or not eating, yet if your conduct shall injure others, and lead them into sin, that is a sufficient... 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 8:9

take heed = see, or look to it. App-133 . lest by any means . Greek. mepos . liberty = authority, or right. App-172 . stumblingblock . Greek. proskomma. See Romans 9:32 . them that are = the. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:9

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.Many of the Corinthian Christians, so recently won over from paganism, still had lingering impressions of the reality of idol gods; and, besides those, there were many of Jewish background whose entire lives and training were absolutely incompatible with any kind of indulgence regarding meat offered to idols. For both classes, it was against their conscience to eat such things.This liberty of yours ... If... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:9

9. this liberty of yours—the watchword for lax Corinthians. The very indifference of meats, which I concede, is the reason why ye should "take heed" not to tempt weak brethren to act against their conscience (which constitutes sin, Romans 14:22; Romans 14:23). 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

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:9

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 8:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:9

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

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