Chapter 8:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Romans 2 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 8
Concise Complete
The danger of having a high conceit of knowledge.
(1-6) The mischief of offending weak brethren. (7-13)
Verses 1-6
There is no proof of ignorance more common than conceit of knowledge. Much may
be known, when nothing is known to good purpose. And those who think they know
any thing, and grow vain thereon, are the least likely to make good use of their
knowledge. Satan hurts some as much by tempting them to be proud of mental
powers, as others, by alluring to sensuality. Knowledge which puffs up the
possessor, and renders him confident, is as dangerous as self-righteous pride,
though what he knows may be right. Without holy affections all human knowledge
is worthless. The heathens had gods of higher and lower degree; gods many, and
lords many; so called, but not such in truth. Christians know better. One God
made all, and has power over all. The one God, even the Father, signifies the
Godhead as the sole object of all religious worship; and the Lord Jesus Christ
denotes the person of Emmanuel, God manifest in the flesh, One with the Father,
and with us; the appointed Mediator, and Lord of all; through whom we come to
the Father, and through whom the Father sends all blessings to us, by the
influence and working of the Holy Spirit. While we refuse all worship to the
many who are called gods and lords, and to saints and angels, let us try whether
we really come to God by faith in Christ.
Verses 7-13
Eating one kind of food, and abstaining from another, have nothing in them to
recommend a person to God. But the apostle cautions against putting a
stumbling-block in the way of the weak; lest they be made bold to eat what was
offered to the idol, not as common food, but as a sacrifice, and thereby be
guilty of idolatry. He who has the Spirit of Christ in him, will love those whom
Christ loved so as to die for them. Injuries done to Christians, are done to
Christ; but most of all, the entangling them in guilt: wounding their
consciences, is wounding him. We should be very tender of doing any thing that
may occasion stumbling to others, though it may be innocent in itself. And if we
must not endanger other men's souls, how much should we take care not to destroy
our own! Let Christians beware of approaching the brink of evil, or the
appearance of it, though many do this in public matters, for which perhaps they
plead plausibly. Men cannot thus sin against their brethren, without offending
Christ, and endangering their own souls.
Chapter 8:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Romans 2 Corinthians
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
