Scripture Spot Logo

Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as [of] a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

Commentaries

...

A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Howbeit in all men there is not that knowledge (αλλ' ουκ εν πασιν η γνωσις). The knowledge (η γνωσις) of which Paul is speaking. K…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Howbeit. But. In the previous verses, Paul had stated the argument of the Corinthians—that they all knew that an idol was nothing; that th…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge.—The Apostle had admitted that in theory all have knowledge that should …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The knowledge Paul speaks of here is the previously mentioned knowledge regarding an idol and the existence and position of the “so-called gods.” S…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

But there is not in all that knowledge. He refutes, in a single word, all that he had previously set forth as their argument, showing that…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

However, there is not in every man that knowledge
The apostle is not speaking of Heathens, in whom there was no know…

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…

Sermons

Loading sermons...

Catechisms

Loading catechisms...

Confessions

Loading confessions...

Devotionals

Loading devotionals...