1 Corinthians 10:22 BSB

1 Corinthians 10:22

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

BSB

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ASV

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

KJV

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1107)

He says this as a reproach to them. Are we really to test and provoke God, whether He can punish us when we go over to the side of His enemies? Then, in order to show the full absurdity of their behavior, he says: "Are …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? - All idolatry is represented as a sort of spiritual adultery; it is giving that heart to Satan that should be devoted to God; and he is represented as being jealous, because of the infidelity of those who have covenanted to give their hearts to him. Are we stronger than he? - As he has threatened to punish such transgressors, and will infallibly do it, can we resist his omnipotence?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?--by dividing our fellowship between Him and idols (Eze 20:39). Is it our wish to provoke Him to assert His power? De 32:21 is before the apostle's mind [ALFORD], (Ex 20:5). are we stronger?--that we can risk a contest with Him.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
παραζηλοῦμεν	parazēloumen	do we provoke to jealousy	G3863 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κύριον;	kurion	Lord?	G2962 →
μὴ	mē	Surely not	G3361 →
ἰσχυρότεροι	ischuroteroi	stronger	G2478 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	than He	G846 →
ἐσμεν;¶	esmen	are we?	G1510 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:9
  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- Numbers 14:18
  ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
Through
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will…
leads to
- Romans 10:19
  I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
- Romans 9:25
  As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
Through
Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
leads to
- Matthew 10:28
  Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Luke 12:5
  But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
- Hebrews 12:29
  “For our God is a consuming fire.”
- Isaiah 33:14
  The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”