 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 pages
...with thy meat; now walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. ' When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 6 Hast thou faith ? have it to thyself before God. All things indeed are pure ; but it is evil for... | |
 | James Yonge - 1832 - 594 pages
...Lord's body, to beware how you become " a stumbling-block to those that are weak ; " for when ye so sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Consider therefore seriously " what manner of persons ye ought to be in all holy conversation and godliness."... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 630 pages
...at all, and that there is none other God but one;" and again reading slowly, and impressively ; "But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1834 - 496 pages
...blameless. For still there would apply to him the charitable counsel of St. Paul, in a similar case, " Take heed, lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak. For if any man see thee who hast knowledge, despising the ordinances of the Lord's day, shall not the... | |
 | 1841 - 596 pages
...all, and that there is Done other God but one ; " and again reading slowly, and impressively; " But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience... | |
 | 1834 - 504 pages
...blameless. For still there would apply to him the charitable counsel of St. Paul, in a similar case, " Take heed, lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak. For if any man see thee who hast knowledge, despising the ordinances of the Lord's day, shall not the... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1834 - 108 pages
...conscience of the weak} Namely, by leading them into sin by their own bad example. See 1 Cor. viii. 12. When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Every particular or national, &c.] For such Churches are equal in authority, so that they have no power... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - 1865 - 788 pages
...sanction indulgences so eften carried to excess, I saw the case to be one for the apostle's warning — ' Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak.' Grant that there was sacrifice in abstaining, — what Christian... | |
 | Richard Parkinson (D.D.) - 1835 - 448 pages
...unto idols, and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish for whom Christ died? Remember, when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. In the ninth chapter he urges this argument further by his own example. Do I myself, he says, attempt... | |
 | Nathan Parker, Henry Ware - 1835 - 540 pages
...Christian ought to adopt in such cases. He distinctly asserts his own personal freedom ; yet he says : When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, Iwill eat no flesh, while the world standeth, lest Imake... | |
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For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom... 
