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1 Corinthians 8 — Sermon Preparation
Paul addresses food sacrificed to idols and warns those with knowledge not to cause the weak to stumble by exercising their freedom carelessly. Below is a research summary for 1 Corinthians 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 Corinthians 8 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| γνῶσις | gnōsis | G1108 | 5 | knowledge, science |
| εἰδωλόθυτος | eidōlóthyton | G1494 | 4 | offered to idols |
| ἐσθίω | esthíō | G2068 | 4 | devour, eat, live |
| ἀσθενής | asthenḗs | G772 | 3 | more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength |
| συνείδησις | syneídēsis | G4893 | 3 | conscience |
| γινώσκω | ginṓskō | G1097 | 4 | allow, be aware, feel, know |
| ἀδελφός | adelphós | G80 | 4 | brother |
How preachers through history handled this text
13 public-domain excerpts on 1 Corinthians 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Eating one kind of food, and abstaining from another, have nothing in them to recommend a person to God. But the apostle cautions against putting a stumbling-block in the way of the weak; lest they be made bold to eat what was offered to the idol, not as common food, but as a sacrifice, and thereby be guilty of idolatry. He who has the Spirit of Christ in him, will love those whom Christ loved so as to die for them. Injuries done to Christians, are done to Christ; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Corinthians 8:7–30 (Public Domain)
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