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Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Meat (βρωμα). Food it should be, not flesh (κρεα).

Maketh my brother to stumble (σκανδαλιζε τον αδελφον μο…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Therefore. As the conclusion of the whole matter.

If meat, etc. Paul here proposes his own views and feelings, or tells th…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Therefore.—He states his own solemn determination, arising from the considerations which have just been urged. If a matter of food…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

In closing the discussion, the apostle includes himself. He may be indicating that when he was in Corinth, he had had to face this question and had…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend. With the aim of reproving more severely their disdainful liberty, he declares that we ought n…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend ,
&c.] This is the conclusion of the whole, which the apostle makes with…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 s…

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