1 Corinthians 10:30 BSB

1 Corinthians 10:30

If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

KJV

For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrosiaster

COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES (384)

Paul is saying that an idolater can have it both ways. On the one hand, he can glory in his idols, and on the other hand he can attack the apostle for eating what has been sacrificed to them, even if the latter does so …

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For if I by grace be a partaker - Or rather, “If I partake by grace; if by the grace and mercy of God, I have a right to partake of this; yet why should I so conduct as to expose myself to the reproaches and evil surmises of others?

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
χάριτι	chariti	with thankfulness	G5485 →
μετέχω,	metechō	partake,	G3348 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
βλασφημοῦμαι	blasphēmoumai	am I denigrated	G987 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	for	G5228 →
οὗ	hou	that which	G3739 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εὐχαριστῶ;	eucharistō	give thanks?	G2168 →

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Romans 14:6
He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:30–31
  If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
- 1 Timothy 4:3–5
  They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Matthew 15:36
  Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
- Matthew 14:19
  And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and…
- Exodus 12:42
  Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the…