1 Corinthians 10:19

Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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KJV

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

ASV

What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

YLT

what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? --

DBT

What then do I say? that what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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Would to God that no "heresies had been ever necessary, in order that they which are; approved may be made manifest!" We should then be never required to try our strength in contests about the soul with philosophers, those patriarchs of heretics, as they may be fairly called.

Tertullian· A Treatise on the Soul, 220patristic

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John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

What say I then? - This is in the present tense; τί οὖν φημι ti oun phēmi, what do I say? What is my meaning? What follows from this? Do I mean to say that an idol is anything; that it has a real existence? Does my reasoning lead to that conclusion; and am I to be understood as affirming that an idol is of itself of any consequence? It must be recollected that the Corinthian Christians are introduced by Paul 1Co 8:4 as saying that they knew that an idol was nothing in the world.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

What say I then - Do I in saying this allow that an idol is anything divine? I aver, on the contrary, that what the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils. Such in reality are the gods of the heathens; and with such only can you hold communion in those sacrifices.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755evangelical

He lets them yet know that though they must not eat of things sacrificed to idols as such, and out of any regard to the idol, yet they might buy such flesh in the markets, or eat it at the table of heathen acquaintances, without asking any questions; for that the heathens' abuse of them did not render the creatures of God unfit to be the food of his servants.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1 Corinthians 8:4
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Galatians 4:8
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Leviticus 26:1
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd,who deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm be completely witheredand his right eye utterly blinded!”
Psalms 106:28
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
1 Corinthians 1:28
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
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 make them angry by a nation without understanding.
Isaiah 41:29
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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Deuteronomy1

Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to…

Joshua1

Joshua 24:23“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline…

1 Kings2

Psalms1

Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Acts1

Acts 19:26And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly…

Romans4

1 Corinthians2

2 Corinthians1

2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you…

Galatians1

Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not…

Philippians1

Philippians 1:18What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false…

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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,”
- Romans 11:11–14
  I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
- 1 Kings 16:26
  For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless…
- 1 Kings 16:13
  This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
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Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
leads to
- Psalms 62:9
  Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
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1 Corinthians 8:4
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:39
  Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
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1 Corinthians 1:28
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
leads to
- Job 34:24
  He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

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