 | North Ludlow Beamish - 1829 - 274 pages
...-what St. Paul says, in his first Epistle to the Corinthians, eighth chapter, and eighth verse : — ' 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 sure, my dear fellow," said O'Loughlin,... | |
 | Martin Luther - Sermons - 1829 - 418 pages
...they think they have been marvellously holy, and have wrought exceeding good works. But Paul saith, " Meat commendeth us not to God : for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse." And again, Col. iL he saith ; " Let no man therefore... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - Sermons, American - 1830 - 492 pages
...the apostle, " there is not in every man that knowledge; for some, with conscience of the idol unto this hour, eat it as a thing offered unto an idol, and their conscience being weak, is defiled." Some were so weak in the faith, or so ignorant of true religion, that when they eat such meats, they... | |
 | Martin Luther - Lutheran Church - 1830 - 216 pages
...they think they have been marvellously holy, and have wrought exceeding good works. But Paul saith, " Meat commendeth us not to God : for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse." And again, Col. ii. he saith ; " Let no man therefore... | |
 | Bible - 1830 - 626 pages
...on which the demand of such n pledge is maintained, is that on which Paul acted when he said, " 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. But take heed lest by any means this liberty... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 500 pages
...lawful, yet,' as St. Paul says, 'all things are not expedient — all things edify not :' and again, ' 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. This being the reason of the... | |
 | Thomas Best - Sermons, English - 1831 - 328 pages
...replies, ''Howbeit there is not in every man this knowledge ; for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour, eat it as a thing offered unto an idol...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... | |
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - Bible - 1831 - 642 pages
...God is tint meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, Rom. xiv. 17. Meat commendeth us not to God ; for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither, if ice eat not, are ire the worse, \ Cor. viii. 8. In the lalter times, some... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pages
...to the weaker conscience, or more violent passions, of some among the brethren. " 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. But take heed, lest by any means this liberty... | |
 | Religion - 1831 - 416 pages
...is weakly and criminally superstitious. For " meat," as the inspired apostle expressly tells us, " commendeth us not to God ; for neither if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse." And, therefore, in estimating the benefits of... | |
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Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge : for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol ; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8 But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither, if we eat, are... 
