To Know Him Is To Love You: Knowledge Puffs Up
After taking some time on the complicated issue of how Christianity relates to Judaism (or how the gospel relates to the Torah), we launched into 1 Corinthians 8. The new issue Paul is addressing is whether or not the Corinthian Christians are free to eat meat sacrificed to idols in the pagan temples.
Surprisingly, Paul does not give a straightforward answer. Elsewhere in the New Testament the Apostles are clear that gentiles are forbidden to eat meat sacrificed to pagan gods (Jerusalem Council in Acts 15:28-29).
Paul comes at the issue from a different angle. There are those in the…
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