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Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don`t cause my brother to stumble.

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Love Overrides Liberty

Paul concludes his argument with a powerful personal commitment: he would give up meat forever rather than cause a fellow believer to sin. Commentators describe this as a 'noble resolve' and an 'enduring principle.' The core lesson is that a Christian's freedom should always be exercised in submission to the law of love, prioritizing the spiritual well-being of others over personal rights or preferences.

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1 Corinthians

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On 1 Corinthians 8:13

18th Century

Theologian

Therefore. As the conclusion of the whole matter.

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

AT Robertson

AT Robertson

On 1 Corinthians 8:13

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

Maketh my brother to stumble (σκανδαλιζε τον αδελφον μο…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On 1 Corinthians 8:13

19th Century

Bishop

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

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Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

On 1 Corinthians 8:13

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

On 1 Corinthians 8:13

16th Century

Theologian

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

On 1 Corinthians 8:13

17th Century

Pastor

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

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 1 Corinthians 8:7–13

17th Century

Minister

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…