English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 10:22
22Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 10:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- New International Version (NIV)Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- New Living Translation (NLT)What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?
Context of 1 Corinthians 10:22
20No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? 23"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. 24Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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ἢ παραζηλοῦμεν τὸν κύριον; μὴ ἰσχυρότεροι αὐτοῦ ἐσμεν;¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:22
- Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Exodus 34:14(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
- Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 6:15for the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God—lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 32:16They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.
- Joshua 24:19But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
- Psalms 78:58For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
- Job 40:9Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
- Ezekiel 22:14Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.
- Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? - All idolatry is represented as a sort of spiritual adultery; it is giving that heart to Satan that should be devoted to God; and he is represented as being jealous, because of the infidelity of those who have covenanted to give their hearts to him. Are we stronger than he? - As he has threatened to punish such transgressors, and will infallibly do it, can we resist his omnipotence? A sinner should consider, while he…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? - That is, shall we, by joining in the worship of idols, “provoke” or “irritate” God, or excite him to anger? This is evidently the meaning of the word ͂ parazēloumenrendered “provoke to jealousy.” The word קנא qaana'usually rendered by this word by the Septuagint, has this sense in Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Kings 14:22; Ezra 8:3; Psalm 78:58. There is a reference here, doubtless, to the truth recorded in Exodus 20:5. that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 Did not the joining in the Lord's supper show a profession of faith in Christ crucified, and of adoring gratitude to him for his salvation ? Christians, by this ordinance, and the faith therein professed, were united as the grains of wheat in one loaf of bread, or as the members in the human body, seeing they were all united to Christ, and had fellowship with him and one another. This is confirmed from the Jewish worship and customs in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22If you ignore Paul's advice on this matter, you may provoke the Lord's jealousy and judgment, as Israel did (see 10:6–11; Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 32:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?--by dividing our fellowship between Him and idols (Eze 20:39). Is it our wish to provoke Him to assert His power? De 32:21 is before the apostle's mind [Alford], (Ex 20:5). are we stronger?--that we can risk a contest with Him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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