Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
1 Corinthians 8:13
Wherefore, if food maketh my brother to offend. To stumble and
fall. Love, in this case, would demand that the meat be given up. The
principle applies to many things. Some Christians can, perhaps, go to
the theater, or dance, or attend the fairs of our day, where the races
are the great feature, or even drink wine or beer, without falling.
Others cannot. Yet the example of the strong will lead the weak to
engage in them, and hence that example will lead them to spiritual
death. The Christian principle, the rule of love, is, "If eating meat,
or going to the theater, or going to a ball, or attending the fair, or
drinking wine or beer, causeth my brother to offend, I will not do
these things while the world standeth".
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Romans 14:21
1 Corinthians 8:13
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