1 Corinthians 10:26
for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
In Context
25Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Job 41:11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who richly provides all things for us 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 →