{"id":2382,"date":"2013-06-18T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2022-04-15T09:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T15:08:22","slug":"1-corinthians-1028-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2382","title":{"rendered":"1 Corinthians 10:28-33"},"content":{"rendered":"

28\u00a0<\/sup>But if anyone says to you, \u201cThis was offered to idols,\u201d do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience\u2019 sake;\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0\u201cthe earth\u00a0is\u00a0the Lord\u2019s, and all its fullness.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

29\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cConscience,\u201d I say, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty judged by another\u00a0man\u2019s\u00a0conscience?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

30\u00a0<\/sup>But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for\u00a0the food\u00a0over which I give thanks?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

31\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

32\u00a0<\/sup>Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

33\u00a0<\/sup>just as I also please all\u00a0men\u00a0in all\u00a0things,\u00a0not seeking my own profit, but the\u00a0profit\u00a0of many, that they may be saved.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

As far as the Christian believer is concerned, Paul explains that his intelligent spirituality and his Christian liberty would permit him to partake of such food. It is his right since “the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” It is his right and no one dare rightfully speak evil of him since his eating is sanctified by his thanks to God.<\/span><\/h3>\n

This particular point which Paul makes here is that while it is the Christian’s conscientious right, it is not always right to act upon his rights if such action will affect his position as a Christian witness. The Christian’s rights are sometimes to be regulated by his responsibilities. \u2014 Lauren, page 177.<\/span><\/h3>\n

the other (v.29) \u2014 The issue isn’t my conscience, who understands liberty, but the other person’s, who may not.<\/h3>\n

my liberty judged (v.29) \u2014 My conscience isn’t to be controlled by another person’s determination of right and wrong, but my actions should be. Romans 14:13-15<\/span><\/a>; 15:1-3<\/span><\/a>; Philippians 2:4<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

If that which you do under grace, in the liberty of faith, offends someone else, then it becomes sin, if you, knowing you are offending a brother, continue in it. You may reply, as Paul states it here, “Why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience? Why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? Why should I deny myself this pleasure just because some narrow-minded legalist finds fault with it? And the answer is this, “No man liveth unto himself.” The question is not my liberty<\/em> and my rights<\/em>, but the glory<\/em> of God. People who are saved by grace should be gracious, and since we are saved by grace, we have renounced our own will and seek now only to do the will of God to please Him and our neighbor, and not ourselves. \u2014 DeHann, page 101.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Paul believed in giving thanks: but (even though he gave thanks for his food) if all the while in eating it he was wounding a weaker brother and causing him to stumble or become discouraged, was he then, in reality, truly giving thanks to God? To give thanks for what we are doing does not necessarily make that act innocent on our part. We must keep others in mind at all times, regardless of how innocent we may be, for if we are wounding others, it is still wrong. \u2014 Greene, pages 343-344.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Verse 32 lists the only three categories of people that exist.<\/h3>\n

please (v.33) = benefit \u2014 the same meaning as “profit” in the same verse.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

28\u00a0But if anyone says to you, \u201cThis was offered to idols,\u201d do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience\u2019 sake;\u00a0for\u00a0\u201cthe earth\u00a0is\u00a0the Lord\u2019s, and all its fullness.\u201d 29\u00a0\u201cConscience,\u201d I say, not your own, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-corinthians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6904,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions\/6904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}