Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 18:9

"And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire." — Matthew 18:9 (ASV)

And if your eye offend you,

So needful to your pleasure, and to your knowledge, and to your guidance, yet if it makes you sin.

Pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hellfire.

Better to be but a maimed believer than to be an accomplished unbeliever; better to be an uncultured saint than a cultured modern thinker; better that you lose an eye, or lose a hand, than lose your faith in God and his word, and so lose your soul and be cast into hell fire.