1 Corinthians 10:19

What do I say then? That what is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

18Look at Israel by natural descent. Have not those who eat of the sacrifices, communion with the altar?

20Nay, but that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

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Cross References

Isaiah 41:29But behold, they are all vanity; Their works are nothing; Wind and emptiness are their molten images.

1 Corinthians 3:7So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.

1 Corinthians 13:2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

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 →

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