...please ourselves ; let every one of us please his neighbour for Au good to edification. So, xv. 1, 2. rship God. Be. xxii. 8, 9. 10 ( worse. Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are...

...forgetfulness of so important a regulation, not knowing at the time that the Spirit of the Lord had said that " meat commendeth us not to God ; for neither if we...are we the better ; neither if we eat not are we the worse." We would much more cheerfully have refrained from our meal entirely, than have thus broken...

...down the same rule as to the observance of days in vers. 5. But more clearly in 1 Cor. viii. 8, 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. It is, then, a wretched thing to condemn some for meat and drink's sake, or to arrogate to ourselves...

...wrote to them ten years afterwards, whereas he strongly urges the two former. " Meat," saith he, " commendeth us not to God ; for neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse;" and touching things offered unto idols and meats in general, he reduces the prohibition to...

...rule as to the observance of days in vers. 5. But more clearly in 1 Cor. viii. 8, But meat commeudeth us not to God, for neither if we eat are we the better : neither if we eat not are we the worse. It is, then, a wretched thing to condemn some for meat and drink's sake, or to arrogate to ourselves...

...Acts xi. 9. 2 Rom. xii. 1. 5 Titus ii. 11, 12: • 1 Cor. viii. 8. 3 2 Cor. v. 6 Hosea Rom. xiv. 17. if we eat, are we the better ; neither if we eat not, are we the worse. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink : but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the...

...of eating, drinking, and dress which they hare regarded from their youth, they may still follow. ' Meat commendeth us not to God ; for neither If we...are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse.' Having obviated the objections urged by tne Brahmuns, Mr. W. proceeds to state what will indeed...

...spirit. St. Paul, whose authority will scarcely be disputed, has positively pronounced, that " meat Q commendeth us not to GOD; for, neither if we eat,...are we the better, neither if we eat not, are we the worse." This is an express confirmation, from an inspired teacher, of what reason clearly suggests,...

...according to his own convictions, only requiring that he would allow his brother the same liberty: "for neither if we eat are we the better; neither, if we eat not are we the worse." 1 Cor. viii. 8. The truth is, the kingdom of heaven does not consist in these things ; and...

...M 2 the belly, and the belly for meats ; but God shall destroy both it and them." 1 Cor. viii. 8, " Meat commendeth us not to God : for neither if we...we the better ; neither if we eat not, are we the worse." Paul, in fine, wants to show that food and drink are in themselves too vile and contemptible...