Revised Webster's Bible
1 Corinthians 10:20
20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with demons.
1 Corinthians 10:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
- New International Version (NIV)No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
- English Standard Version (ESV)No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
Context of 1 Corinthians 10:20
18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19What then do I say? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with demons. 21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of demons. 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Read all of 1 Corinthians 101 Corinthians 10:20 word by word
ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι ἃ θύουσιν δαιμονίοις καὶ οὐ θεῷ θύουσιν· οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων γίνεσθαι.Read the interlinear
- Butἀλλάalla · butG235
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
- sacrificeθύωthuō · to sacrificeG2380
- demonsδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- notοὐou · noG3756
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- andδέde · thenG1161
- wouldθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
- yeὑμᾶςhumas · youG5209
- haveγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- fellowshipκοινωνόςkoinōnos · participantG2844
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:20
- Leviticus 17:7And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, with which they have committed idolatry. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.
- Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.
- 2 Chronicles 11:15And he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the demons, and for the calves which he had made.
- Psalms 106:37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,
- 2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
- Revelation 9:20And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:20
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20But - The negative here is omitted, but is understood. The ellipsis of a negative after an interrogative sentence is common in the Classical writers as well as in the Scriptures. Bloomfield. The sense is, “No; I do not say this, but I say that there are reasons why you should not partake of those sacrifices; and one of those reasons is, that they have been really offered to devils.” They sacrifice to devils - ( ́ daimoniois“demons”). The pagans used the…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. 19-20Idols lack reality or life (see 8:4–6), and sacrifices to them achieve nothing. When pagans sacrifice to idols, they unknowingly sacrifice to demons (see Deuteronomy 32:16–17; Psalm 106:37; Revelation 9:20). By participating in these religious meals, people unite with demons.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. What say I then?--The inference might be drawn from the analogies of the Lord's Supper and Jewish sacrifices, that an idol is really what the heathen thought it to be, a god, and that in eating idol-meats they had fellowship with the god. This verse guards against such an inference: "What would I say then? that a thing sacrificed to an idol is any real thing (in the sense that the heathen regard it), or that an idol is any real thing?" (The oldest…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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