1 Corinthians 10:26

Remember that the Psalmist wrote, “Everything on the earth belongs to the Lord God because he created it!” So, food that has been offered to idols belongs to the Lord, not to the idols, and you may eat it.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

In Context

25This is what you should do: Eat any food that is sold {that people sell} in the market. Do not ask questions to find out if that food has been offered { someone offered that food} to idols, just because you think it would be wrong to eat such food.

27If a non-believer invites you to a meal, go if you want to, and eat any food that is set {that he sets} before you. Do not ask whether it was offered to idols, just because you think that it would be wrong to eat such food.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5So now, if you will do what I tell you and obey all that I command you, you will be my own people. All the people-groups on the earth are mine, but you will be ◄dearer/more special► to me than all the other people-groups.

Job 41:11Also, everything on the earth is mine. Therefore, no one [RHQ] is able to give anything to me and require me to pay money for it!

Psalms 50:12So, if I were hungry, I would not tell you to bring me some food, because everything in the world belongs to me!

1 Timothy 6:17Tell the believers who are rich here in this present world that they should not be proud, and that they should not trust in their many possessions, because they cannot be certain how long they will have them. Teach them that instead of trusting in their wealth, they should trust in God. He is the one who generously gives us everything we have in order that we may enjoy it.

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 →

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