“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #87 “But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a …
Stumbling a Weaker Brother
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #86 “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” (1 Cor. 8:7). …
Unclean Versus Imaginary
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #85 “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to use there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and …
Nothing in the World
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11). The Basket Case Chronicles #84 “As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one” (1 Cor. 8:4). Here …
Love and Epistemology
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #83 “But if any man love God, the same is known of him” (1 Cor. 8:3). This short statement is a hinge in this argument. Paul has just said that love builds up, and knowledge (of a certain kind) …
An Epic Comb-Over
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #82 “Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to …
At Liberty
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #81 “The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier …
Contextual Oddity
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #80 “So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better” (1 Cor. 7:38). A problem for this reading I propose is the translation “giveth” here. Unfortunately, the word …
Three Oddities
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #79 “Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well” (1 Cor. 7:37). This is …
That Celibatey Feel
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #78 “But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry” (1 …