1 Coríntios 8
William Barclay · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 8
Barclay - With reference to things offered to idols—we are well aware that we all possess knowledge; but knowledge inflates a man, whereas love builds him up. NET 1 Corinthians 8:1 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. NLT 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that "we all have knowledge" about this issue. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church. ESV 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up. NIV 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. GNT 1 Corinthians 8:1 Περὶ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἴδαμεν ὅτι πάντες γνῶσιν ἔχομεν. ἡ γνῶσις φυσιοῖ, ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη οἰκοδομεῖ· KJV 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. YLT 1 Corinthians 8:1 And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; ASV 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. CSB 1 Corinthians 8:1 About food offered to idols: We know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up. NKJ 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. NRS 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. NAB 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now in regard to meat sacrificed to idols: we realize that "all of us have knowledge"; knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up. NJB 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now about food which has been dedicated to false gods. We are well aware that all of us have knowledge; but while knowledge puffs up, love is what builds up. GWN 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now, concerning food offered to false gods: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes people arrogant, but love builds them up. BBE 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength. Now concerning things: 1Co 8:10 10:19-22,28 Nu 25:2 Ac 15:10,19,20,29 21:25 Rev 2:14,20, we are, 1Co 8:2,4,7,11 1:5 4:10 13:2 14:20 15:34 Ro 14:14,22 Col 2:18 Knowledge: 1Co 4:18 1 Cor 5:2,6 1 Cor 13:4 Isa 5:21 47:10 Ro 11:25 12:16 14:3,10 but: 1Co 13:1-13 Eph 4:16 1 Corinthians 8 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: Ephesians 4:14-16+ As a result, we are no longer to be children (cf WEAK, IMMATURE BRETHREN), tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15+ but speaking the truth (cf KNOWLEDGE) in love, we are to GROW UP in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the GROWTH OF of the body for the BUILDING UP of itself in love. IN A "GRAY CHAPTER" AN IDOL QUESTION WHICH IS NOT IDLE! We might "color" this chapter "gray" because it deals with a gray area in the life of the saints in Corinth. A gray area is an ill-defined situation, one that is not clearly defined or that exists somewhere between two extreme positions and one that does not conform to an existing set of rules (e.g., nothing stated directly in Scripture). In this chapter we see how Christians are to balance their freedom in Christ and their responsibility in love their brethren. The question in this chapter deals with meat sacrificed to idols but the broader application is what should be our guidelines and our action regarding questionable things Legalism denies any gray area and declares everything to be black and white. Unless it is permitted in Scripture it is wrong. License also denies any gray area and declares everything to be black and white. Unless it is forbidden in Scripture it is OK. Rod Mattoon entitles it "The Canker of Cockiness and Charity's Strength 1 Cor 8:1" Jack Arnold - Should I have a glass of wine if at a wedding reception of a Jewish friend? Should I go see the Orlando Magic play basketball on Sunday if I have a Christian friend who is a strict Sabbath keeper? Should I pierce my body for jewelry or get a tattoo? These are all questionable practices or doubtful things among Christians in our American culture, and while 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 does not specifically deal with these issues, it does give basic principles which we can use in handling any questionable practice. A doubtful thing or questionable practice is: An act, not sinful in itself nor specifically commanded against in Scripture, which a Christian is free to do but which may become sinful for the Christian if practiced or abused when practiced. There are only three questionable practices listed in the New Testament: 1) The observing of Jewish religious holidays; 2) The drinking of wine, and 3) The eating of meat which was sacrificed to idols. In two thousand years of church history the Christian church in America has picked up hundreds of others such as use of tobacco, drinking of alcohol of any kind, dancing, cosmetics, clothing styles, television, movies, card playing, recreating on the Lord’s Day, hairstyles for men and women, and listening to jazz or rock music. Some fairly recent questionable practices are body piercing for rings in the nose or in the belly button for women and ear lobes for men, tattoos for women and the purchasing of lottery tickets. This is just a representative list and other countries and cultures have questionable practices which we do not have in America. There are some practices and some situations in which there is no clear black-and-white or yes-or-no answer.....The Corinthian Church had just one questionable practice: whether to eat meat which was offered to idols. The Apostle Paul took three chapters (8-10) to deal with this subject which seems absolutely irrelevant to us today. Has anyone struggled with eating meat offered to an idol lately? Of course not, but you probably struggled with other American questionable practices, and those practices can only be solved by applying the principles of 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. (1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Questionable Practices At Corinth) Knofel Staton - But most of the ethical matters we have to decide about are in the neutral zone. That means they are neither moral nor immoral in and of themselves. Consequently, it is not the action itself, but rather the motives or the situation and circumstances that can make them either moral or immoral” (First Corinthians). Related Resource: See 67 guidelines below Remember the context -- beginning in 1 Corinthians 7:1+ and continuing through 1 Corinthians 11:1, Paul is addressing questions which the Corinthians had asked him in a letter he had received from them.
1 Coríntios 8
Barclay - If anyone thinks he has reached a certain stage of knowledge, it is not the kind of knowledge it ought to be. MacDonald Idiomatic Translation If anyone presumes to know anything, he has not yet known the prerequisite for knowing. (1Co 8:2 ) NET 1 Corinthians 8:2 If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know. NLT 1 Corinthians 8:2 Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn't really know very much. ESV 1 Corinthians 8:2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. NIV 1 Corinthians 8:2 The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. GNT 1 Corinthians 8:2 εἴ τις δοκεῖ ἐγνωκέναι τι, οὔπω ἔγνω καθὼς δεῖ γνῶναι· KJV 1 Corinthians 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. YLT 1 Corinthians 8:2 and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know; ASV 1 Corinthians 8:2 If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know; CSB 1 Corinthians 8:2 If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it. NKJ 1 Corinthians 8:2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. NRS 1 Corinthians 8:2 Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; NAB 1 Corinthians 8:2 If anyone supposes he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. NJB 1 Corinthians 8:2 Someone may think that he has full knowledge of something and yet not know it as well as he should; GWN 1 Corinthians 8:2 Those who think they know something still have a lot to learn. BBE 1 Corinthians 8:2 If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything; if: Pr 26:12 30:2-4 Ro 11:25 Ga 6:3 1Ti 1:5-7 6:3,4 1 Corinthians 8 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT LOVE IS A FAULTY PERCEPTION If - IF introduces a first class conditional clause, which is assumed to be true (cf similar first class "IF" in 1 Cor 8:3, 5) Anyone (present tense - continually) supposes (dokeo - sets himself forth as one) that he knows (ginosko) anything, he has not yet (absolutely not at any time) known (ginosko) as he ought (dei = mustl) to know (ginosko) - Note the key word is ginosko used 3 times in this one verse. Amplified = "If anyone imagines that he has come to know and understand much [of divine things, without love], he does not yet perceive and recognize and understand as strongly and clearly, nor has he become as intimately acquainted with anything as he ought or as is necessary." The NLT paraphrase while not totally true to the Greek text is still rather blunt stating that "Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn't really know very much!" Supposes is the idea of imagining which expresses the subjective mental opinion of someone about a particular matter. The anyone is clearly a shot at the arrogant saints. They are imagining they know (because of their vast knowledge) about anything (in this case to eat or not eat idol meat). Paul says you think you know, but you don't really know. In other words they were correct in their knowledge that it was Biblically fine to eat idol meat, but their knowledge was incomplete. What they failed to know was how their actions of eating meat could damage the conscience of a weaker brother. And so Paul says "he (REFERRING TO THE PUFFED UP ONES) has not yet known as he ought (dei = must, not optional) to know (THAT EXERCISING HIS RIGHT TO EAT IDOL MEAT COULD HURT OTHER BRETHREN)." In other words (and this is a warning to all of us) if we think we know it all, we really don’t for as Paul says in 1 Cor 13:9 now we only "know in part.". They needed to know that the goal of true knowledge was to build up, not tear down which is what their "supposed" knowledge was doing to the weaker brethren. He Who Thinks He Knows It All Has a Lot to Learn! -- Spiros Zodhiates As Zodhiates says "We Cannot Know Anything in Its Totality. Such a person is not to be trusted because there may be certain facts of which he is not aware. The conclusion about such a person is that he never has known all there is to know about a thing.....At no time may we ever claim that we know all there is to be known about a particular thing. This is why we need revelation since full discovery is absolutely impossible. Thus John says, "And you have anointment from the Holy [One], and you perceive [oídate, perceive; not the word ginṓskete, experientially know] all things" (1 John 2:20). We have a way of arriving at the absolute truth, but this is only by revelation (John 14:6; 1 John 5:20) and not by the discovery of knowledge, because at best we only know partially. What the apostle says in this verse constitutes the basis of science and education. A scientist is one who arrives at Socrates' dictum: "I get old ever learning." Furthermore, there is never a point in time when one can arrogantly boast, I have learned all there is to learn, therefore I have learned in full. Experiential knowledge about anything is always lacking. The finality of knowledge comes as a result of one's relationship with God as His child (1 John 2:20; 3:2). Whether we as believers should or should not eat of the meats sacrificed to idols is not a matter of divine revelation, but is a matter of human conclusion according to the knowledge we have on the matter. The Lord has not said eat or don't eat. Let the principle be one of love and not of knowledge. Arnold - This is a subtle slam at the Corinthians who prided themselves on their knowledge. Human knowledge on this earth is at best incomplete and partial. Any time a stronger brother looks down his nose at a weaker brother for not exercising a Christian liberty, or a weaker brother judges a strong brother for practicing some liberty, he must remember his knowledge is incomplete. We often judge motives and forget that our ability to grasp the whole situation with all the facts is incomplete. We not only do not know motives when we see a brother refraining or practicing some doubtful thing, but also our knowledge of the whole action is usually limited, insufficient and incomplete. When solving the problem of questionable practices, knowledge, doctrine and logic is not enough. There must be love (1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Questionable Practices At Corinth) Hodge - Compare 1 John 4:7, 8. “Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God; he that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love.” This is the precise sentiment of the text. Love is essential to knowledge. He that loves God, knows God. The apostle in this connection interchanges love of the brethren and the love of God, because the love of the brethren is only one of the forms in which the love of God manifests itself. When he said, “Love edifieth,” he meant love to the brethren, and without that love, he says, there can be no true knowledge; but if a man love God, (which includes love to the brethren,) the same is known of him. (1 Corinthians 8 Commentary) 1 Corinthians 8:3 but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him. Amplified - But if one loves God truly with affectionate reverence, prompt obedience, and grateful recognition of His blessing], he is known by God recognized as worthy of His intimacy and love, and he is owned by Him].
1 Coríntios 8
Barclay - If a man loves God, he is known by God. NET 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if someone loves God, he is known by God. NLT 1 Corinthians 8:3 But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes. ESV 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. NIV 1 Corinthians 8:3 But the man who loves God is known by God. GNT 1 Corinthians 8:3 εἰ δέ τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν θεόν, οὗτος ἔγνωσται ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ. KJV 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. YLT 1 Corinthians 8:3 and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him. ASV 1 Corinthians 8:3 but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him. CSB 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him. NKJ 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him. NRS 1 Corinthians 8:3 but anyone who loves God is known by him. NAB 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if one loves God, one is known by him. NJB 1 Corinthians 8:3 but someone who loves God is known by God. GWN 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if they love God, they are known by God. BBE 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him. loves: 1Co 2:9 Ro 8:28 Jas 1:12 2:5 1Pe 1:8 1Jn 4:19 1Jn 5:2-3 is: Ex 33:12,17 Ps 1:6 17:3 139:1,2 Na 1:7 Mt 7:23 Joh 10:14 Joh 21:17 Ro 8:29 11:2 Ga 4:9 2Ti 2:19 Rev 2:9,13,19 Rev 3:8,9,15,16 1 Corinthians 8 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: 1 John 4:19+ We love, because He first loved us. 1 John 5:2-3+ By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome 2 Timothy 2:19+ Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.” Ps 25:14+ The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him (THEY LOVE HIM), And He will make them know His covenant. LOVING GOD WHO LOVES US Paul does not deprecate knowledge and here states the knowledge which is supremely important! Utley nails it commenting that "Our knowledge of God is important, but knowledge about God is no substitute for a personal relationship, initiated by God, that issues in our love for one another which expresses our love for Him (cf. Gal. 4:6+; 2Ti 2:19+; 1 John 4:19+). If - IF introduces a first class conditional clause, which is assumed to be true -- Paul is addressing this to those who are genuine believers, for they would be the only ones who could truly love God. but if (see IF above) anyone (present tense - continually) loves God, he is known (ginosko) by Him - Amplified = "But if one loves God truly with affectionate reverence, prompt obedience, and grateful recognition of His blessing], he is known by God recognized as worthy of His intimacy and love, and he is owned by Him]." In other words, when one loves God with this Spirit enabled type of love, they experience a relationship with Him. Note aht loves is in the present tense indicating our love for God is continual and progressive. Known is perfect tense which is to say God experientially knew us in the past and knows us still (and will know us forever)! The verb for known, ginosko, speaks of experiential knowledge and also often is used to speak of intimacy as in Mt 1:25KJV+ which says Joseph "knew (ginosko) her not" signifying he had no intimate relations with Mary. What a contrast this is with the words of Jesus, Who will say to many (WHO FALSELY THINK THEY HAVE CORRECT KNOWLEDGE) "I (ABSOLUTELY) never knew (ginosko) you, depart (aorist imperative - Do it now! Do not delay!) from me, you who (present tense - continually) practice lawlessness (CONTINUAL LAWLESSNESS WAS THEIR FRUIT, INDICATIVE OF THEIR ROTTEN UNREDEEMED ROOT!)." (Mt 7:23+). So let's put it together now -- Paul is speaking to one who continually loves God (their love shown by their obedience, even though it is imperfect, obedience is the general "direction" of their life - see Jn 14:15, 21, 23, 24) and thus this love identifies them as true believers, as those who are supernaturally enabled to love God by the power of His indwelling Spirit (Ro 5:22+) (for no unbeliever truly loves God or is even capable of loving God, regardless of what they say. God is actually their enemy and they are hostile toward Him - read Ro 5:10+, Ro 8:7+, Col 1:21+) These are the ones who are known intimately and personally and experientially by Him. So Paul begins by exalting the highest knowledge in the universe, God's knowledge, a knowledge He manifests to all who are His children! Praise His Holy Name! Zodhiates adds that "While God does not have to wait for the demonstration of our love to find out whether or not it is genuine, our fellow Christians can tell only by observing our actions whether our lives are directed by His love or not. Our consideration of others in matters such as eating meats sacrificed to idols is one way they can know. When His love is shown in our daily lives, He recognizes it because it is the love that He has imparted to us. His love becomes part of our nature. We do not demonstrate mere acts of love, but a loving lifestyle to our fellow human beings, and especially our brethren in Christ (1 John 4:20, 21)." (1 Corinthians Commentary) Arnold - The Apostle Paul says the test of real knowledge is loving God. The person loving God is recognized by him as having real knowledge. The acid test of whether we really know something is how this knowledge affects our love towards God and how this flows out in our love toward people. Love is the supreme quality of Christian character. The determining factor to find out one’s spirituality is not how much a Christian knows but how much he loves other Christians. A Christian is to have a knowledge which operates on the principle of love. (1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Questionable Practices At Corinth) Kistemaker - But if someone loves God, he is known by God.” Human knowledge is temporal but divine love is eternal. Here Paul links the two concepts and intimates that the essential ingredient of knowledge is love. Without true love, knowledge ceases to be meaningful. But the believer, who loves God, fully comprehends that he is known by God. Lenski on is known in perfect tense - Perfect indicates, “he has come to be known and is still known by God."
1 Coríntios 8
Barclay - With regard to food which consists of things offered to idols, we well know that there is nothing in the universe for which an idol stands, and that there is no God but one; Zodhiates - Concerning, therefore, the eating of meats sacrificed to idols, we perceive that absolutely no idol in the world represents a real existence and that there is no God that is different than the one true God. NLT 1 Corinthians 8:4 So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God. ESV 1 Corinthians 8:4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one." NIV 1 Corinthians 8:4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. GNT 1 Corinthians 8:4 Περὶ τῆς βρώσεως οὖν τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἴδωλον ἐν κόσμῳ καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς θεὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς. KJV 1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. YLT 1 Corinthians 8:4 Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one; ASV 1 Corinthians 8:4 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. CSB 1 Corinthians 8:4 About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that "an idol is nothing in the world," and that "there is no God but one." NKJ 1 Corinthians 8:4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. NRS 1 Corinthians 8:4 Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "no idol in the world really exists," and that "there is no God but one." NAB 1 Corinthians 8:4 So about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols: we know that "there is no idol in the world," and that "there is no God but one." NJB 1 Corinthians 8:4 On the subject of eating foods dedicated to false gods, we are well aware that none of the false gods exists in reality and that there is no God other than the One. GWN 1 Corinthians 8:4 Now about eating food that was offered to false gods: We know that the false gods in this world don't really exist and that no god exists except the one God. BBE 1 Corinthians 8:4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one. we know: 1Co 10:19,20 Ps 115:4-8 Isa 41:24 44:8,9 Jer 10:14 51:17,18 Hab 2:19,20 Ac 19:26 there is: 1Co 8:6 De 3:24 4:39 6:4 32:39 Isa 37:16,20 44:6,8,24 45:5,14 Jer 10:10 Mk 12:29 Eph 4:6 1Ti 1:17 2:5 Jude 1:25 1 Corinthians 8 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: Psalm 115:4-8+ Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands. 5 They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see; 6 They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell; 7 They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk; They cannot make a sound with their throat. 8 Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them. Romans 1:22-23+ Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.