Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:29 - 10:29

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:29 - 10:29


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By reason of what we had, 1Co_10:28, (where the apostle forbade eating these meats, in case any at the feast told them they had been offered to idols, both for his sake that told him so, and also for conscience sake), it is most reasonable to interpret those words not thine own in this verse, not thine own only, there being frequent instances in Scripture where the negative particle must be so restrained, as Joh_4:42 6:27,38.



For why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience? For why should my practice in a thing wherein I have a liberty, be censured or condemned by the conscience of another, he being persuaded that what I do, and judge that I have a liberty to do, and may do lawfully, is done by me sinfully, and I by him accounted a transgressor for it; so as though I do a thing that is honest, yet it is not honest in the sight of all men, or of good report; whereas Christians are obliged, Rom_12:17, to provide things honest in the sight of all men, not in their own sight merely, end to do those things that are lovely and of good report, Phi_3:8.