ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 7 v40b

THE SPIRIT ENABLES GOOD COUNSEL. AMBROSIASTER: Paul adds that he has the Spirit of God in order to show that his advice is reliable. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-8

OVERVIEW: Love builds up (CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA). Knowledge on its own puffs up and does not necessarily produce love (AUGUSTINE, THEODORET OF CYR). It may prevent the unwary from discovering love (AMBROSIASTER) by making them proud. To be known by God is the death of pride. We cannot even say how wrong our perceptions of God are (CHRYSOSTOM). The so-called gods that the idolatrous worship have no existence (THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA). Though what we call idols have no existence, it is necessary to avoid them so as not to give cause for scandal to those who are weak in the faith (CHRYSOSTOM) in the one God in whom Father and Son are one (AMBROSIASTER, SEVERIAN OF GABALA, THEODORET OF CYR).

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