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

5But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness. 6These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did. So 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.” 8And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day. 9And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed 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, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, 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 calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
• 1 Corinthians 8:7But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.
• Deuteronomy 9:12And he said to me, “Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image.”
• Psalms 106:19They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.
• 1 John 5:21Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
• Exodus 32:6So they got up early on the next day and offered up burnt offerings and brought peace offerings, and the people sat down to eat and drink, and they 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)

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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