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:''Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.'' (1 Cor 8:1–3 NKJV) | :''Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.'' (1 Cor 8:1–3 NKJV) | ||
The | The Corinthian church thought that their conduct should be based on knowledge, and that knowledge gave them the right to act as they wanted to regarding things offered to idols. | ||
But Paul had a different view: knowledge is not the basis for Christian behavior, love is. | But Paul had a different view: knowledge is not the basis for Christian behavior, love is. | ||
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In the Christian faith “knowledge” or “insight” is never an end in itself; it is only a means to a greater end, the building up of others.<ref>Gordon D. Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament, 363-69 (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987).</ref> | In the Christian faith “knowledge” or “insight” is never an end in itself; it is only a means to a greater end, the building up of others.<ref>Gordon D. Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament, 363-69 (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987).</ref> | ||
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