1Cor 8:1 | PNT | STEP | The Duty of the String Toward Weaker Brethren SUMMARY OF I CORINTHIANS 8: Meat Offered in Idol Temples. Not Changed Because So Offered. But Not to Be Eaten Because of Weaker Brethren. Those Having Knowledge Must Act in Love. As touching things offered to idols . Corinth, like all Greek cities, was full of temples to heathen idols. At their altars victims were constantly sacrificed, the flesh of which was afterwards eaten. The question arose whether a Christian could eat of such flesh without the sin of showing deference to an idol. Perhaps the letter to Paul had asked about this matter ( ). We all have knowledge . Some pleaded their knowledge that "an idol was nothing" ( ), not divine in any sense. Paul tells them that the question is one, not of knowledge, but of charity. Knowledge puffeth up . Those who professed to be knowing ones put on an air of superiority.

1 Corinthians 8:1

The Duty of the String Toward Weaker Brethren SUMMARY OF I CORINTHIANS 8: Meat Offered in Idol Temples. Not Changed Because So Offered. But Not to Be Eaten Because of Weaker Brethren. Those Having Knowledge Must Act in Love.

As touching things offered to idols. Corinth, like all Greek cities, was full of temples to heathen idols. At their altars victims were constantly sacrificed, the flesh of which was afterwards eaten. The question arose whether a Christian could eat of such flesh without the sin of showing deference to an idol. Perhaps the letter to Paul had asked about this matter (1Co 7:1).

We all have knowledge. Some pleaded their knowledge that "an idol was nothing" (1Co 8:4), not divine in any sense. Paul tells them that the question is one, not of knowledge, but of charity.

Knowledge puffeth up. Those who professed to be knowing ones put on an air of superiority.