Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
1 Corinthians 10:31
To the glory of God
(εις δοξαν θεου). This is the ruling motive in the Christian's life, not just having his own way about whims and preferences.
To the glory of God
(εις δοξαν θεου). This is the ruling motive in the Christian's life, not just having his own way about whims and preferences.
Verse 31. _WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT, OR DRINK_] As no general rule can be laid down in reference to the above particulars, there is one maxim of which no Christian must lose sight-_that whether he_ _...
WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT OR DRINK - This direction should be strictly and properly applied to the case in hand; that is, to the question about eating and drinking the things that had been offered in s...
7. WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Warnings from Israel's past history. (1 Corinthians 10:4)._ 2. Exhortations. (1 Corinthians 10:15). The same subject is continued with this chapter. The...
1 Corinthians 10:23 to 1 Corinthians 11:1. From the meal in the idol's temple Paul passes to the question as it arose in daily life. He repeats that while all might be lawful all was not expedient (1...
THE PERIL OF OVER-CONFIDENCE (1 Corinthians 10:1-13)...
All things are allowed to me, but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed, but all things do not build up. Let no one think only of his own good, but let him think of the good of the ot...
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_Whether therefore ye eat, or drink_ The glory of God, _that_is to be the end of all your actions. In themselves, eating and drinking are things indifferent, but there are circumstances in which they...
ΕἼΤΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. The glory of God, _that_ is to be the end of all your actions. In themselves, eating and drinking are things indifferent, but there are circumstances in which they may be matters of the hi...
_TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND WITHOUT OFFENCE 1 CORINTHIANS 10:23-33:_ Christians must be fully convinced that there is such a thing as right and wrong. The Christian is very much out of step with the thin...
ΠΟΙΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind._/imp. _act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. Первая форма, ΠΟΙΕΊΤΕ, является _praes. ind. act._ Вторая ΠΟΙΕΊΤΕ, является _praes. imper._ и указывает на привычное действие....
WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT— "Therefore on the whole, to conclude this discourse, since no one particular rule can be laid down to suit all the diversities of temper and apprehension which may arise; ins...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 10:23-33. All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. 24 Let no man seek his own, but each his...
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Contrast , worldly men. The godly "eat and drink," and it in well with him (Jeremiah 22:15). TO THE GLORY OF GO...
25 Contestants in the Grecian games had to take an oath that they had been ten months in training, and that they would violate none of the regulations. They lived on a prescribed diet and exercised se...
_(B) FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS_ In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a very ur...
DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD] The principle the Apostle has been inculcating in respect of meats has a universal application....
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 *WARNINGS FROM ISRAEL’S HISTORY 10:1-13 *SPIRITUAL FOOD AND DRINK 10:1-5 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I do not want you to forget that a...
1. Everything that they do should be for the *glory of God. 2. They should think about other people. They must do nothing to cause other people to *sin. It does not matter whether the other people ar...
WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT, OR DRINK, OR WHATSOEVER YE DO. — These words embrace all life. The definite acts of eating and drinking are mentioned expressly as they are the subject immediately under cons...
CHAPTER 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. And pa...
1 Corinthians 10:31-32 conclude the matter with two solemn, comprehensive rules, introduced by the collective οὖν (_cf._ Romans 5:9; Romans 11:22), relating to _God's glory_ and _to man's salvation_....
to 1 Corinthians 11:1. § 34. LIBERTY AND ITS LIMITS. The maxim “All things are lawful” was pleaded in defence of the use of the idolothyta, as of other Cor [1541] laxities; so the Ap. has to discuss i...
“DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD” 1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 11:1 There seems to be a, clear distinction in the Apostle's directions between feasting in an idol temple on the one hand, and the acc...
A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that th...
Sacrificing To Save A Brother Obviously, the strong could have been thankful for any meat and eaten. The apostle asked whether they should allow their freedom to cause another to fall and speak evil o...
(9) Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (9) The conclusion: we must order ourselves in such a way that we seek not ourselves, but God's glory, and so...
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32. Give none offence neither to the Jews, nor to the Greeks, nor to the Church of God;” Here again we have both t...
(23) All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. (24) Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. (25) Whatsoev...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_CHRISTIAN LIFE_ ‘Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.’ 1 Corinthians 10:31 From the day of a man’s birth, when he became a creature of God, the whol...
31._Whether, therefore, ye eat, or drink _Lest they should think, that in so small a matter they should not be so careful to avoid blame, he teaches that there is no part of our life, and no action so...
The apostle then gives the Corinthians the ways of God with Israel in the wilderness, as instruction with regard to His ways with us, declaring that the things which happened to them were types or fig...
WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT OR DRINK,.... Which may principally refer to eating things sacrificed to idols, and drinking the libations of wine offered to them, since this is the subject of the apostle's...
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Ver. 31. _Whether therefore ye eat, &c._] Of a reverend Scotch divine it is said, that "he did even eat and drink...
_Whether, therefore_, &c. To close the present point with a general rule, applicable not only in this, but in all cases, see to it that _whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do_ In all things wha...
DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD; let it be your great object to honor him, and do the greatest good in your power....
The conclusion:...
WHETHER, THEREFORE, YE EAT, OR DRINK, OR WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD....
Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place o...
WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT, OR DRINK, OR WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. 'whatsoever ye do' -these principles apply to other areas of moral neutrality also. 'DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD'...
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...
The apostle, in these three last verses, layeth down three rules, to direct Christians how to use their liberty as to things that are of an indifferent nature, neither in themselves commanded nor forb...
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to, the glory of God. [All eating should be with thanksgiving to God and should not dishonor God by injuring the consciences of weak men...
Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp But it becomes both men and women who marry, to form their union with the approval of the bishop, that their marriage may be according to God, and not after their own...
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'Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.' Paul's reply is specific and clear. He points to the positive aspect, the need to do all to the glory of God. His...
1 Corinthians 10:31. WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT, OR DRINK, OR WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. ‘To give specific directions for every supposable case is neither needful nor possible, for wh...
It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
_Attendance at Idolatrous Feasts, 1 Corinthians 10:14_ to 1 Corinthians 11:1 When the first love of the converts began to cool, and, as a natural consequence, they drew closer to their heathen acquain...
1 Corinthians 10:31 When persons are convinced that life is short, that it is unequal to any great purpose, that it does not display adequately or bring to perfection the true Christian, when they fee...
1 Corinthians 10:15. I Speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion...
CONTENTS: Israel in the wilderness, a warning example. Fellowship of the Lord's table demands separation. Law of love in relation to eating and drinking. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Moses. CONCLU...
1 Corinthians 10:1. _I would not have you ignorant_ of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; _that our fathers,_ for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respecting...
DO IT ALL FOR GOD'S GLORY. This is the answer to the whole question of Christian ethics. (1) Do it with thanks to God; (2) Be helpful to weak brothers; (3) Follow God's rules....
CHAPTER 10 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER From speaking of the contest, in which those who deny themselves and strive lawfully are rewarded, and in which the slothful and self-indulgent are condemned and pu...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 10:1.—Notice “_for_,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. _ult. Q.d_. “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; _for_ it is e...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 _Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations._ 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 MOREOVER; rather, _for. _He has just shown them, by his own ex
Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and passed through the sea (1 Corinthians 10:1); Now he is talking about their forefathers w...
1 Corinthians 7:34; 1 Peter 4:11; Colossians 3:17; Colossians 3:23;...
Therefore — To close the present point with a general rule, applicable not only in this, but in all cases, Whatsoever ye do — In all things whatsoever, whether of a religious or civil nature, in all t...
Our apostle concludes his whole discourse with three excellent rules, to direct all Christians how they should govern themselves in the use of their lawful liberty, as to things that are of indifferen...