Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shall . . . perish—The oldest manuscripts read "perisheth." A single act seemingly unimportant may produce everlasting consequences. The weak brother loses his faith, and if he do not recover it, his salvation [BENGEL] (Romans 14:23).
for whom Christ died—and for whose sake we too ought to be willing to die (I John 3:16). And yet professing Christians at Corinth virtually tempted their brethren to their damnation, so far were they from sacrificing aught for their salvation. Note here, that it is no argument against the dogma that Christ died for all, even for those who perish, to say that thus He would have died in vain for many. Scripture is our rule, not our suppositions as to consequences. More is involved in redemption than the salvation of man: the character of God as at once just and loving is vindicated even in the case of the lost for they might have been saved, and so even in their case Christ has not died in vain. So the mercies of God's providence are not in vain, though many abuse them. Even the condemned shall manifest God's love in the great day, in that they too had the offer of God's mercy. It shall be the most awful ingredient in their cup that they might have been saved but would not: Christ died to redeem even them.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 8:11:
Romans 14:2
Romans 14:15
1 Corinthians 8:1
1 Corinthians 9:5
1 Corinthians 10:7
1 Corinthians 10:28
Revelation 2:14
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