1 Corinthians 8:6

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

The apostle next dealt with the subject of "things sacrificed to idols." The question evidently was whether the members of the Church in Corinth ought under any circumstances to eat parts of the heathen sacrifices which were sold in the market places for general consumption as food. In dealing with the question the apostle, by contrasting knowledge and love, laid down a principle that is of far wider application than the subject itself demands. He shows that "knowledge puffeth up," while "love... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:4-6

'Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there are gods many, and lords many, yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we to him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.' Paul can agree with the Corinthians that no idol is really in the world in any... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8. Let Those who Have Knowledge Control its Exercise by Love, lest they Ruin their Brother for whom Christ Died.— Paul begins with a quotation from the church letter. They claim that all have knowledge. Yes, but knowledge makes men conceited, love develops and consolidates them. They who fancy that they know have no right knowledge: he who loves God is known by God, a better knowledge than any of his own. However, all are aware that no idol has any real existence and that there... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:6

Whatever the idolatrous heathens think or believe, to us (who are Christians) there is but one who is truly and essentially God, ( though indeed there be more than one person in the Deity), the Father, who is the Fountain of the Deity, communicating his Divine nature to the other two persons, and of whom are all things. It is a term which signifieth the primary Cause and Author of all things: we subsist in him, according to that of the apostle, Acts 17:28; In him we live, and move, and have our... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

CRITICAL NOTESN.B. 1.—See the question discussed in this chapter homiletically treated under 1 Corinthians 6:12.N.B. 2.—Note how Paul here (as in Romans 14:15.) bases nothing of his reply to the Corinthian questions upon the decree of Acts 15:0, though dealing so directly in this Epistle with two of its points—fornication and things offered to idols. He is dealing—as Stanley points out—not with the Cephas, the Jewish party in the Church, but with the (self-styled) party of Paul and Apollos;... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Chapter 8Now, the second issue:Now as touching the things offered unto idols, we know that we have all knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up ( 1 Corinthians 8:1 ).A contrast between knowledge and love. We know we have all knowledge. Now, there was a problem in those days, because idolatry was so prevalent, most of the meat that you would buy in the marketplace had first a portion of it been offered unto the idols, the pagan gods. When they would butcher their meat they would take... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8:4 . We know that an idol is nothing. St. Paul transcribes this from Habakkuk 2:18, where the Hebrew text is literally “dumb nothings,” for dumb idols; a phrase used by the Gnostics. 1 Corinthians 8:6 . But to us, One God, the Father, possessing the Son in the beginning of his way. Proverbs 8:22. Joh 1:18 . From whom the Comforter proceeds, “in glory equal, in majesty coëternal.” The Father is the fountain of deity. To him no paternity can be added, no filiation to the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8:1-13How as touching things offered to idols. Liberty and love1. The question about meats necessarily arose in a society partly heathen and partly Christian. Every meal was dedicated to the household gods by laying some portion of it on the family altar. On a birthday, a marriage, or a safe return from sea, &c., it was customary to sacrifice in some public temple. And after the legs of the victim, enclosed in fat, and the entrails had been burnt on the altar, the worshipper... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 8:4-7

1 Corinthians 8:4-7We know that an idol is nothing in the world.An idol nothing in the worldA singular phenomenon, known as the Spectre of the Brocken, is seen on a certain mountain in Germany. The traveller who at dawn stands on the topmost ridge beholds a colossal shadowy spectre, moving on the summits of the distant hills. But, in fact, it is only his own shadow projected upon the morning mists by the rising sun; and it imitates, of course, every movement of its creator. So heathen nations... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 8:6

6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. Ver. 6. But to us there is but one God ] Be the gods of the heathen good fellows (saith one), the true God is a jealous God, and will not share his glory with another. Of whom are all things, and we for him ] So that God is the first cause and the last end of all: which two are the properties of the chief good. read more

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