1 Corinthians 10:27

1 Corinthians 10:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake.

Context of 1 Corinthians 10:27

25Eat anything that is sold in the market without letting your conscience trouble you. 26Certainly, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything it contains is his.” If an unbeliever invites you ⌞to his house for dinner⌟, and you wish to go, eat anything he serves you without letting your conscience trouble you. 28However, if someone says to you, “This was sacrificed to a god,” don’t eat it because of the one who informed you and because of conscience. 29I’m not talking about your conscience but the other person’s conscience. Why should my freedom be judged by someone else’s conscience?

1 Corinthians 10:27 word by word

Εἴ τις καλεῖ ὑμᾶς τῶν ἀπίστων καὶ θέλετε πορεύεσθαι, πᾶν τὸ παρατιθέμενον ὑμῖν ἐσθίετε μηδὲν ἀνακρίνοντες διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• that believe notἄπιστοςapistos · unbelievingG571
• bidκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• youσύsu · youG4771
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ye be disposedθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• to goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• whatsoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• is set beforeπαρατίθημιparatithēmi · to set beforeG3908
• eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• askingἀνακρίνωanakrinō · to investigateG350
• noμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• conscience sakeσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:27

• 1 Corinthians 5:9In my letter to you I told you not to associate with people who continue to commit sexual sins.
• Luke 5:29Levi held a large reception at his home for Jesus. A huge crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
• Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s celebrate with a feast.
• Luke 19:7But the people who saw this began to express disapproval. They said, “He went to be the guest of a sinner.”
• Luke 10:7Stay with the family that accepts you. Eat and drink whatever they offer you. After all, the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from one house to another.
• 1 Corinthians 10:25Eat anything that is sold in the market without letting your conscience trouble you.
• 2 Corinthians 1:13We are only writing you what you already knew before you read this. I hope you will understand this as long as you live,
• 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have refused to use secret and shameful ways. We don’t use tricks, and we don’t distort God’s word. As God watches, we clearly reveal the truth to everyone. This is our ⌞letter of⌟ recommendation.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11As people who know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. God already knows what we are, and I hope that you also know what we are.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27If any - bid you to a feast - The apostle means any common meal, not an idol festival; for to such no Christian could lawfully go. Whatsoever is set before you, eat - Do not act as the Jews generally do, torturing both themselves and others with questions, such as those mentioned in 1 Corinthians 10:26.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27If any of them that believe not - That are not Christians; that are still pagans. Bid you to a feast - Evidently not a feast in the temple of an idol, but at his own house. If he asks you to partake of his hospitality. And ye be disposed to go - Greek, “And you will to go.” It is evidently implied here that it would be not improper to go. The Saviour accepted such invitations to dine with the Pharisees (see the note at Luke 11:37); and Christianity is not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-33Verses 23-33 There were cases wherein Christians might eat what had been offered to idols, without sin. Such as when the flesh was sold in the market as common food, for the priest to whom it had been given. But a Christian must not merely consider what is lawful, but what is expedient, and to edify others. Christianity by no means forbids the common offices of kindness, or allows uncourteous behaviour to any, however they may differ from us in religious…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-29When Christians are invited to a meal with a non-believer, they can eat what is served unless told the meat was offered to an idol. In that case, Christians should not eat it to respect the other person's beliefs. The person might think eating the meat honors the idol (see 8:7, 9–10; compare Romans 14:13–15, 20–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. ye be disposed to go--tacitly implying, they would be as well not to go, but yet not forbidding them to go (1Co 10:9) [Grotius]. The feast is not an idol feast, but a general entertainment, at which, however, there might be meat that had been offered to an idol. for conscience' sake--(See on 1Co 10:25).Read the comment

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• Expediency
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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