...ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ : wherefore if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.— 1 Cor. viii. 4. 7—13. For though I be free from all men, yet...

...judgments on the neighbourhood in which they live. What a noble spirit dictated the resolution, " Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend." And how far did Ezra carry the delicacy of his religious zeal !...

...indifferent things, than, by the uncharitable use of it, destroy others; 1 Cor.viii. 13. "Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest 1 make my brother to offend." In their use of lawful comforts there is a great change. They rest...

...degree : so much so, that, rather than be guilty of it, the Apostle solemnly declares, for himself, "If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth ; lest I make my brother to offend" (1 Cor. viii. 13). — Would that all who attempt to «Test his...

...so much so, that, rather than be guilty of it, the Apostle solemnly declares, for him- * self, *• If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth; lest I make my brother to offend" (1 Cor. viii. 13). — Would that all who attempt to wrest his words...

...sin against the bretlm ", and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. fl I? Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world staiideth, lest t make my brother to ofiend. CHAP. IX. AM 1 not an apostle? am I not free? have I not...

...principles, or to pursue such a line of conduct, as will lead him into sin. Our apostle affirms, " if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make ray brother to offend" — If an indulgence, though apparently innocent in itself, be the...

...from meats. He explains in his reply the whole doctrine of Christian liberty : but from his saying, If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend, (1 Cor. viii. 13.) it is plain that such abstinence was a very different...

...essential to your happiness, and much less to your spiritual improvement ? Can you say with Paul, " If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth ?" " Who is weak and I am not weak ? Who is offended and I burn not ?" Do you consider how many eyes...

...all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved." If "meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend." And how noble does he here look! And how below his principles does...