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1 Corinthians 8:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 8:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
11 [a]And through thy knowledge shall the (A)weak brother perish, for whom Christ died.
12 [b]Now when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 (B)[c]Wherefore if meat offend my brother, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:11 An amplification of the argument taken both of comparison and contraries: Thou wretched man, saith he, pleasing thyself with thy knowledge which indeed is none (for if thou haddest true knowledge, thou wouldest not sit down to meat in idol’s temple) wilt thou destroy thy brother, hardening his weak conscience by this example to do evil, for whose salvation Christ himself has died?
- 1 Corinthians 8:12 Another amplification: Such offending of our weak brethren redoundeth unto Christ, and therefore let not these men think that they have to do only with their brethren.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13 The conclusion, which Paul conceiveth in his own person, that he might not seem to exact that of others, which he will not be first subject unto himself. I had rather (saith he) abstain forever from all kind of flesh, than give occasion of sin to any of my brethren, much less would I refuse in any certain place or time for my brother’s sake not to eat flesh offered to idols.
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