1 Corinthians 10:7

1 Corinthians 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)or worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.”

Context of 1 Corinthians 10:7

5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play." 8We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,

1 Corinthians 10:7 word by word

μηδὲ εἰδωλολάτραι γίνεσθε καθώς τινες αὐτῶν ὥσπερ γέγραπται· ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neitherμηδέmēde · norG3366
• be yeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• idolatersεἰδωλολάτρηςeidōlolatrēs · idolaterG1496
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• The peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• sat downκαθίζωkathizō · to seatG2523
• to eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• rose upἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• to playπαίζωpaizō · to playG3815

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:7

• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
• 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
• 1 Corinthians 8:7However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
• Deuteronomy 9:12Then the Lord said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.'
• Psalms 106:19They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.
• 1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
• Exodus 32:6And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Neither be ye idolaters - The apostle considers partaking of the idolatrous feasts as being real acts of idolatry; because those who offered the flesh to their gods considered them as feeding invisibly with them on the flesh thus offered, and that every one that partook of the feast was a real participator with the god to whom the flesh or animal had been offered in sacrifice. See 1 Corinthians 10:21. Rose up to play - See the note on Exodus 32:6. The…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Neither be ye idolaters - This caution is evidently given in view of the danger to which they would be exposed if they partook of the feasts that were celebrated in honor of idols in their temples. The particular idolatry which is referred to here is, the worship of the golden calf that was made by Aaron Exodus 32:1-5. As it is written - Exodus 32:6. The people sat down to eat and to drink - To worship the golden calf. They partook of a feast in honor of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence, therefore should be checked in their first rise. Let us fear the sins of Israel, if we would shun their plagues. And it is but just to fear, that such as tempt Christ, will be left by him in the power of the old serpent. Murmuring against God's disposals and commands, greatly provokes him. Nothing in Scripture is written in vain; and it is our wisdom and duty to learn from it. Others have fallen, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Feasting and drinking involve celebrations for pagan gods. Pagan revelry means wild parties with drinking and sexual activities.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. idolaters--A case in point. As the Israelites sat down (a deliberate act), ate, and drank at the idol feast to the calves in Horeb, so the Corinthians were in danger of idolatry by a like act, though not professedly worshipping an idol as the Israelites (1Co 8:10, 11; 10:14, 20, 21; Ex 32:6). He passes here from the first to the second person, as they alone (not he also) were in danger of idolatry, &c. He resumes the first person appropriately at 1Co…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 10:7

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Backsliders
• Commandments
• Idolatry
• Lust
• Quotations and Allusions
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Admonition
• Lust
• Meekness
• As
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• Paul, the Apostle

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