1 Coríntios 8

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1 Coríntios 8:1

Paul means that knowledge is a great thing and very useful to the person who has it, as long as it is tempered by love. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

1 Coríntios 8:2

Only when a person has love can he be said to know as he ought to know. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

1 Coríntios 8:4

Paul now develops his argument in detail in order to show that knowledge without love is both useless and harmful. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

1 Coríntios 8:6

Everything which exists has been created by the Father through the Son. It is impossible for God not to be Lord as well, and since the Lord is God, it is clear that Father and Son are one. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

1 Coríntios 8:10

Paul is afraid that the weaker brother may be tempted to eat meat sacrificed to idols, not because he also possesses the knowledge that there is no such thing as an idol but because he might think that there is some spiritual power in such food, which he will acquire if he eats it. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

1 Coríntios 8:13

It is all right to have a wife, but if she commits adultery she is to be rejected. Likewise, it is all right to eat meat, but if it has been sacrificed to idols it is to be refused. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES