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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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.”

Context of 1 Corinthians 10:7

5Yet, God was not pleased with most of them, so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert. 6These things have become examples for us so that we won’t desire what is evil, as they did. So don’t worship false gods as some of them did, as Scripture says, “The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy.” 8We shouldn’t sin sexually as some of them did. Twenty-three thousand of them died on one day. 9We shouldn’t put the Lord to the test as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.

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 and sisters, don’t think like children. When it comes to evil, be like babies, but think like mature people.
• 1 Corinthians 5:11Now, what I meant was that you should not associate with people who call themselves brothers or sisters in the Christian faith but live in sexual sin, are greedy, worship false gods, use abusive language, get drunk, or are dishonest. Don’t eat with such people.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Don’t you know that wicked people won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals,
• 1 Corinthians 8:7But not everyone knows this. Some people are so used to worshiping false gods that they believe they are eating food offered to a false god. So they feel guilty because their conscience is weak.
• Deuteronomy 9:12He told me, “Leave right away. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined ⌞everything⌟. They’ve quickly turned from the way I commanded them to live. They’ve made an idol for themselves.”
• Psalms 106:19At Mount Horeb they made ⌞a statue of⌟ a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal.
• 1 John 5:21Dear children, guard yourselves from false gods.
• Exodus 32:6Early the next day the people sacrificed burnt offerings and brought fellowship offerings. Afterward, they sat down to a feast, which turned into an orgy.

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)

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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