1 Corinthians 10:26
“The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
In Context
25Whatever is sold in the market, you may eat, without asking questions for the sake of conscience.
Cross References
Exodus 19:5If, therefore, you will hear my voice, and you will keep my covenant, you will be to me a particular possession out of all people. For all the earth is mine.
Job 41:11Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
Psalms 50:12Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.
1 Timothy 6:17Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:24-33
Christian Liberty. ( a. d. 57.) 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28… Read the whole commentary →