1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 8

OBSERVATION STAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the normative rules of language, context and logic  which limits the observer to the content offered by the letter of 1 Corinthians especially the previous chapters. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture utilizing the same normative rules of reading / interpretation.

Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.

Manuscript Evidence from The New Testament And Translation Commentary, Philip W. Comfort, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Ill.

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I) [1 Cor 8:1-13]:

3) [(1 Cor 8:1) Bible Knowledge Commentary On 1 Cor 8:1]:

B) [(1 Cor 8:1-3) Commentary On 1 Cor 8:2-3]:

1) THE TRINITY IS NOT REFUTED BY THIS VERSE

a) THE LANGUAGE IS INSUFFICIENT TO EXCLUDE GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO ARE DESCRIBED ELSEWHERE AS GOD

i) Jesus Christ Is God

i_1) [Compare Titus 2:11-14]:

ii) The Holy Spirit Is God

ii_a) [Compare Jn 14:16-17]:

[Gal 1:6-7]:

ii_a cont.) [Jn 14:16-17 cont.]:

ii_a cont.) [Jn 14:16-17, 26 cont.]:

b) BOTH THE ONE GOD THE FATHER AND THE ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST ARE STIPULATED AS BEING CREATOR OF ALL THINGS AND FOR WHOM ALL MANKIND EXISTS. THIS EQUATES THE FATHER WITH JESUS CHRIST - BOTH BEING THE ONE GOD - CORROBORATING THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

c) THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THE ONE GOD THE FATHER VS THE ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN HIS HUMANITY DOES NOT REFUTE THE TRINITY

i) His Humanity Is In View Which Does Not Negate His Diety

i_a) [Compare John 17:1-5]:

iii) His Diety Is In View Which Does Not Negate His Humanity

iii_a) [Compare Jn 1:1-3]:

Detailed explanation of John chapter one

iv) His Humanity And His Diety Are Both In View.

iv_a) [Compare Titus 2:11-14]:

iv_b) [Compare Phil 2:5-8]:

Further explanation:

3) [(1 Cor 8:4-6) Bible Knowledge Commentary On 1 Cor 8:4-6]:

2) [(1 Cor 8:4-8) Bible Knowledge Commentary On 1 Cor 8:7-8]:

F) [(1 Cor 8:9-13) Commentary On 1 Cor 8:9-13]: 

2) [(1 Cor 8:9-12) Bible Knowledge Commentary On 1 Cor 8:9-13]: