Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
if any man—being weak.
which hast knowledge—The very knowledge which thou pridest thyself on (I Corinthians 8:1), will lead the weak after thy example to do that against his conscience, which thou doest without any scruple of conscience; namely, to eat meats offered to idols.
conscience of him which is weak—rather, "His conscience, seeing he is weak" [ALFORD and others].
emboldened—literally, "built up." You ought to have built up your brother in good: but by your example your building him up is the emboldening him to violate his conscience.
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