1 Corinthians 10:22
Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 34:14For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.
Deuteronomy 6:15For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:21They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,
Job 9:4He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
Psalms 78:58They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.
Isaiah 45:9Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:16-23
Against Countenancing Idolatry. ( a. d. 57.) 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered… Read the whole commentary →