{I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus} (oida kai
pepeismai en kuri(9369) I(8873)ou). He knows it and stands persuaded
(perfect passive indicative of peith(935c), to persuade), but in the
sphere of the Lord Jesus (cf.  9:1 ), not by mere rational
processes. {Unclean of itself} (kainon di' heautou). So Paul
takes his stand with the "strong" as in  1Co 8:4f. , but he is
not a libertine. Paul's liberty as to food is regulated by his
life in the Lord. For this use of koinos, not as common to all
( Ac 2:44  4:32 ), but unhallowed, impure, see on 烘r 7:2,5; Ac
10:14,28|. God made all things for their own uses. {Save that}
(ei m(885c)). The exception lies not in the nature of the food (di'
heautou), but in the man's view of it (to him, ekein(9369), dative
case).