Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Things that are offered in sacrifice - See on the first verse, (I Corinthians 8:1 (note)).
An idol is nothing in the world - Dr. Lightfoot translates this, We know that there is no idol in the world; which he explains thus: , idol, is ̔, , , , , a likeness, an image, a sign, a character, a shadow: now signifies there is no idol, no representation of God, in the world. Images there are of stone, wood and metal; but none of these is any representation of the infinite Spirit. But I prefer the meaning given in the note on I Corinthians 8:1; (I Corinthians 8:1 (note)) as the expression, an idol is nothing in the world, was common in the Old Testament, and among the Jews; and was understood by them in this way: they are not Elohim , the true God; but they are , nothings, and habalim , Vanity.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Corinthians 8:4:
Leviticus 19:4
Habakkuk 2:18
1 Corinthians 8:7
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