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weaker party is provoked without danger ; but it is different in the stronger. — Y. g.]
23. ’Zuf^pepsi, expedient) ver. 33. The power, by which all things s^sffnvj are lawful , is given by God : cv(jj<pspov, expedi- ency, is a thing affecting myself : ofaodo/ify edification, relates to another,
25. 1 Mrihh amxpivovrsg , ashing no questions) whether it has been offered to an idol or not. Curiosity is often more injurious, than simplicity. — 6/a ryv cwe/driffiv, for the sake of the conscience) of another, ver. 29, whose benefit is consulted by keeping silence, lest he should he disturbed.
26. Tou Kvpiovj of the Lord) not of idols, Ps. xxiv. 1, rov Kvp/ov i] yr\ xui ro <7r\ripwfj,a avrrjg — The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof. Ps. 1. (xlix.) 12, s/a?? yap hnv r\ o/xovfisvri real to t7rXyjpo}tMct avrrig — The world is mine and its fulness. — crX^w/xa, fulness) including all kinds of meats.
27. 0'sXsrs tfoptvMQaj, you icish to go) Paul does not much ap- prove of this, nor does he forbid it.
28. Tov fATjvvffavra xai ryv for the sake of him that
showed it , and for conscience ’ sake) a Hendiadys . privvu denotes serious information given of a thing.
29. Triv eavrou, thy own) comp, the preceding verse; or rather, because he is there speaking in the plural, my own ; comp, this with what immediately follows. — krsfov, of another) of whom, ver. 28. — rj eXg vkpia /4ou, my liberty) i.e. [Why am] 7, along with the liberty of my conscience [judged]; so immediately after, by the conscience of another , i.e. by another along with his con- science which is encumbered with scruples. — xphirai, is judged) i.e ., his wTeak conscience cannot deprive my conscience of its liberty. — aWr^g, another) This word has greater force, than if it had been said, of another \_ judged by another conscience ; not as Engl. Y. another man's conscience J.
30. ’e yw, I) This expression has reference to his legitimate power [See ver. 23]. — r/ (3\a<s(pri/j,o vpa*, why am I evil spoken of) by him, who does not use his liberty, i.e. no man can reprove me (but (3\a<upri(At?v , to speak calumniously of is even worse), as if / were acting contrary to my conscience. — Imp ov , for which) i.e.
1 nroiuy all) As far as concerns the difference of meats, ver. 26. — V. g.
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