1 CORINTHIANS 8:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?”
So this weaker brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. — The tragic consequence: the weak one is apollymi (destroyed, ruined) by the strong one's exercise of gnōsis. The phrase 'for whom Christ died' (hyper hou Christos apethanen) invokes Christ's redemptive death, measured against the cavalier destruction of that person's faith. The comparison is devastating: Christ valued this weak one enough to die for them; will the strong believer destroy them for the sake of eating meat?
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 8:11
“And through your meat he that is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.” For there are two things which deprive you of excuse in this mischief; one, that he is weak, the other, that he is your brother: rather, I should say, there is a third also, and one more terrible than all. What then is this? That whereas Christ refused not even to die for him, you can not bear even to accommodate yourself to him. By these means, you see, he reminds the perfect man also,…
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