 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1839 - 380 sider
...full to prevent any suspicion of the kind. [9.] Ver. 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. Do you see how again he takes down their high spirit ? in that, after saying that " not only... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - 1839 - 528 sider
...(Rom. xiv. 2, 3.) And in another place he says — " For meat commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse." (1 Cor. viii. 8.) 3. Rome makes celibacy a duty appertaining to the Christian ministry. St.... | |
 | Caroline Wilson - 1839 - 208 sider
...back their services, and their saints'-days, and their crosses, and their genuflections, " neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse." The form is nothing, the place is nothing, the hours are nothing, the font is nothing, and... | |
 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1839 - 728 sider
...full to prevent any suspicion of the kind. [9.] Ver. 8 But meat commendeth us not to God. For neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are tre the worse. Do you see how again he takes down their high spirit? in that, after saying that " not... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 498 sider
...intrinsically indifferent the action may be. " Meat," says he, " 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... | |
 | Marcus Dods, Robert Alexander Watson, Frederic William Farrar - 1903 - 946 sider
...they will drop presently. " I will wear three surplices if they like," said Luther once. " Neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse," said Paul. Such is the spirit of the words here. It is a plea for Christian liberty. If not... | |
 | 1904 - 676 sider
...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 eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbliugblock to them that... | |
 | 1904 - 256 sider
...idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8 But meat eommendeth ив not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means - * -ne a Btume weak. or if any man see thee which hast knowledge... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1905 - 974 sider
...injury to a weak brother it ought not to be done. " 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... | |
 | Douglas Macleane - 1906 - 614 sider
...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... | |
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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. 
