1 Corinthians 10:31 BSB

1 Corinthians 10:31

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

BSB

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ASV

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

KJV

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Whether therefore ye eat or drink - This direction should be strictly and properly applied to the case in hand; that is, to the question about eating and drinking the things that had been offered in sacrifice to idols. Still, however, it contains a general direction that is applicable to eating and drinking at all times; and the phrase “whatsoever ye do” is evidently designed by the apostle to make the direction universal.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἴτε	eite	Whether	G1535 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἐσθίετε	esthiete	you eat	G2068 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
πίνετε	pinete	drink	G4095 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
τι	ti	whatever	G5100 →
ποιεῖτε,	poieite	you perform,	G4160 →
πάντα	panta	all things	G3956 →
εἰς	eis	to the	G1519 →
δόξαν	doxan	glory	G1391 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ποιεῖτε.	poieite	do perform.	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
leads to
- Colossians 3:17
  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- Ephesians 6:6–7
  And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
- Romans 14:8
  If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21
  He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Through
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
leads to
- Colossians 3:23
  Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
- Proverbs 3:6
  in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Ephesians 5:20
  always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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