| Thomas Pigot - 1835 - 162 pages
...17. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves. 1 Corinthians vm. 12. But when you sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Romans xiv. 19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith... | |
| Robert E. Picirilli - 1987 - 454 pages
...exercising it" (Robertson-Plummer 170). c. The danger is in causing another to sin (w. 9-11) 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience... | |
| J. Sidlow Baxter, James Sidlow Baxter - 1986 - 1848 pages
...viii. we find the same, but only as related to one particular aspect, and applied reprovingly: "But when ye sin so against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ." And so we might go on ; but we will not take page-space for further illustrations. Why, even that classic... | |
| Frank Damazio - 1988 - 364 pages
...Commitment to Christ "But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon" (I Corinthians 3:10). "But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak" (I Corinthians 8:9). "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (I Corinthians... | |
| 1991 - 354 pages
...in determining the significance of acts otherwise deemed indifferent. "But take heed," Paul warned, "lest by any means this liberty of yours become a...wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ" (1 Cor. 8 : p-12).48 Still another fold in the already dense texture of casuistical interpretation... | |
| Alfred Marshall - 1992 - 834 pages
...to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not. are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience... | |
| Charles Hodge - 1994 - 400 pages
...follows; comp. 6, 12, "All things arc lawful, but all things are not expedient ;" see also 10, 23. 9. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. Admitting you have the right to eat of these sacrificeR, take care lest your eating become an occasion... | |
| Raymond Barber - 2000 - 176 pages
...wrong? Would it be a stumbling block to others? Listen to what Paul says in I Corinthians 8:9: "But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak." Remember the question came up, "Should we eat the meat that is offered to idols?" Some said "yes" and... | |
| J. Dwight Pentecost - 2001 - 292 pages
...this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. . . . Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak." This second principle, which Paul also affirmed in Romans 14, was the principle that no believer should... | |
| Rool Noiman - 2002 - 214 pages
...knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 1:8). The apostle Paul says regarding the subject, "But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if meat makes my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I... | |
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