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 whatever is sold in the meat market, without raising questions of conscience. 26For “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.” If an unbeliever invites you over and you want to go, eat whatever is set before you, without raising questions of conscience. 28But if anyone says to you, “This is from an idol sacrifice,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29not your own conscience, I mean, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged by another’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 5:9I wrote to you in my letter not to mix together with sexually immoral people—
• Luke 5:29Levi made a great banquet for Yeshua at his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
• Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let’s celebrate with a feast!
• Luke 19:7But when everyone saw it, they began to grumble, saying, “Yeshua has gone to be the guest of a sinner!”
• Luke 10:7And remain in this same home, eating and drinking the things they offer, for the worker is deserving of his wage. Do not keep moving from house to house.
• 1 Corinthians 10:25Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, without raising questions of conscience.
• 2 Corinthians 1:13For we write nothing to you other than what you can read and understand—and I hope you will understand in full
• 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we renounced the hidden shameful ways—not walking in deception or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by the open proclamation of the truth.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we are trying to persuade people, but what we are is known to God—and I hope it is known to your consciences as well.

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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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