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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore. As the conclusion of the whole matter.
If meat, etc. Paul here proposes his own views and feelings, or tells th…
Meat (βρωμα). Food it should be, not flesh (κρεα).
Maketh my brother to stumble (σκανδαλιζε τον αδελφον μο…
19th Century
Anglican
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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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…
16th Century
Protestant
Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend. With the aim of reproving more severely their disdainful liberty, he declares that we ought n…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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