Verse 10
10. If any man Scarce firmly converted from idolatry.
Knowledge The boasted Γνωσισ of 1 Corinthians 8:1.
Sitting Greek, reclining, as was the ancient custom at meals. See note on Matthew xxiii, 6.
Idol’s temple Greek Ειδωλειον , an idoleum. The word, Stanley says, “is only used by Jewish writers, apparently to avoid designating heathen temples by the sacred word ναος , naos, used to express the temple of Jerusalem. 1Ma 1:47 ; 1Ma 10:83 . It is a kind of parody on the names of temples, as derived from the divinities to which they are dedicated.” Similar words are museum, lyceum.
Emboldened Built up. The beauty of the apostle’s word is lost; it being the same Greek word as for edified, in 1 Corinthians 8:1. The weakling is built up, but in a bad direction, to a proud wrong-doing.
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