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Then don`t let your good be slandered,
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Your Freedom is a "Good" Thing
Commentators unanimously identify "your good" as the Christian liberty believers have in Christ. This freedom, particularly from Old Testament ceremonial laws, is a genuine blessing. However, Paul warns that even a good thing, when used improperly, can lead to negative consequences.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let not then your good, etc. That which you esteem to be right, and which may be right in itself. You are not bound by the ceremonial law.…
Your good (υμων το αγαθον). "The good thing of you" = the liberty or Christian freedom which you claim.
Be evil spo…
19th Century
Anglican
Your good.—That blessing of Christian liberty which you enjoy. This is not to be used so as to give rise to reproaches and recrimi…
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In v.16, the “good” must be understood as the liberty to eat, since all foods are regarded as clean. This liberty, however, if resented because it …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let not then your good be evil spoken of . ] The Vulgate Latin reads it, "our good", and so the Syriac version; the sense…
Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, even though they are weak in it. Consider the design of Christ's death; also, that drawing a so…
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13th Century
Catholic
After forbidding human judgments, the Apostle now forbids putting stumbling blocks before one’s neighbor.
He structures his argume…
