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.
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Gill's Exposition
Howbeit, there is not in every man that knowledge,.... The apostle is not speaking of Heathens, in whom there was no knowledge of the one true God, the author of all things, and of the one Lord Jesus,…
Barnes' Notes
Howbeit - But. In the previous verses Paul had stated the argument of the Corinthians - that they all knew that an idol was nothing; that they worshipped but one God; and that there could be no danger…
Adam Clarke
There is not in every man that knowledge - This is spoken in reference to what is said, Co1 8:4 : We know that an idol is nothing in the world; for some with a conscience of the idol, viz. that it is…
The apostle, having granted, and indeed confirmed, the opinion of some among the Corinthians, that idols were nothing, proceeds now to show them that their inference from this assumption was not just,…
Cambridge Bible
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge See note on 1Co 8:1.
for some with conscience of the idol Some editors read by familiarity withinstead of with conscience of. If so, we must understand…
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