...peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." And, again, (1 Cor. viii. 8,) " But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse." These prohibitions, the same Apostle, (Col. ii. 20 — 23,) calls the " rudiments of the world" —...

..."In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision, but a new creature ;" " neither, if we eat, are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse ;" " the kingdom of God is not meat and drink" — that is, nothing external to and detached from ourselves...

...offered unto an idol : and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat, are we the better ; neither if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weat...

...held these two fast — could suffice to remove. Although, therefore, " meat commendeth us not to God, for neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse ;" although the mere eating, to those who had knowledge, was no sin in itself, and on their own account,...

...language which admirably illustrates and enforces the passage before us, " Meat commendeth us not to God ; for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak....

...superstitions of their weaker brethren were unquestionably wrong. " Meat," he says, "commendeth us not to God; for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse." He then tells them further, that "there is not in every man that knowledge ; for some, with conscience...

...of false assumption, however, is material, not formal. § 970. The following is a good Dilemma — ' Neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse '. As we must either eat or eat not, it follows that we shall be either none the better or none the...

...offered unto an idol ; and their conscience being weak is defiled. But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither, if we eat, are we the better : neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak....

...unto an idol : and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we ea*, not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block...

...3 In Num. Hom, xxiii. 3, Lomm. x. 280. 4 Matthew xix. 29 ; Luke xiv. 26. K k 2 significant remark, 'neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse.' The author of the Apocalypse, in words that come upon us as a surprise, speaks of marriage as a defilement1...