1 Corinthians 10:22
Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
In Context
Cross References
Job 9:4He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Psalms 78:58They provoked his anger by their high places, And stirred up his jealousy by their graven images.
Isaiah 45:9Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! A potsherd of the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? Or thy work say of thee, He hath no hands?
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 →