For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol`s temple, won`t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

Commentaries

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

If a man see thee which hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple (εαν γαρ τις ιδη [σε] τον εχοντα γνωσιν εν ειδωλειω κατ…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For if any man. Any Christian brother who is ignorant, or anyone who might otherwise become a Christian.

Which hast knowledge

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For if any man (that is, any of the weak brothers) see thee which hast knowledge.—The fact of your being openly advanced in the k…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Though Christians have the authority to act as Paul has just described, they must “be careful” (GK 1063) lest through the exercise of this authorit…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

If anyone see thee. From this it appears more clearly how much liberty the Corinthians allowed themselves; for when the wicked made a kind…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For if any man see you who have knowledge
That is, not any person whatever; not one that has equal knowledge, and ca…

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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