What problem was the Corinthian church dealing with in 1 Corinthians 8?
The Corinthian congregation struggled with whether believers could eat meat sold in the marketplace or served at a host’s dinner if it had been offered in a pagan temple. This issue troubled them because they did not know how to handle it.
Les explains that this was yet another problem holding the Corinthian church at bay. They just did not know how to cope with meat in the marketplace, or meat at the table of someone who invited them to dinner, and whether they could eat it if it had been offered in a pagan temple. He notes that we do not have to face this particular thing, but it is still appropriate to study because we have other things in our society today that are probably just as important and analogous to this.
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What was the idol-meat problem the Corinthians faced that we don't face today?
The Corinthians had to deal with meat that had been offered to idols in pagan temples and then ended up in the butcher market, a cultural situation modern believers know nothing about.