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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 10:19-22

1 Corinthians 10:19-22. What say I then Do I , in saying this, allow that an idol is any thing divine? Or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing Is a sacrifice to a real deity? Or is made either better or worse, or to differ from ordinary meat, by being thus offered to idols? You well know that I intend to maintain nothing of this kind: so far from it, that I aver the things which the Gentiles sacrifice To supposed deities; they sacrifice to devils For, though I... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Avoid idol feasts (10:14-22)In view of the dangers of idolatry, there is only one wise course to take in relation to idolatrous feasts, and that is to have nothing to do with them (14-15). Those who receive bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper are united with Christ in one body and spiritually share in him (16-17). Likewise in the Israelite sacrificial system those who eat the food of the sacrifices are united with the altar on which the sacrifices are offered (18). Christians cannot say,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:21

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.Ye cannot ... has the weight of "I forbid you to ..." Of course, it was not a physical impossibility for some to lead such double lives; and it may be inferred that some in Corinth were actually partaking of both; but it was a sin, the words here indicating that it was morally impossible to do such a thing. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:21

1 Corinthians 10:21. Ye cannot drink the cup, &c.— There still remains one more sense of the Lord's supper, which is, that it was a foederal rite or covenant: this is grounded upon the Apostle's reasoning in this and the preceding verses: "Those who eat of the sacrifices, says he, are partakers of the altar: 1 Corinthians 10:18." Now a sacrifice at the altar, was a foederal rite or covenant; consequently the feast upon that sacrifice, became a foederal rite and covenant likewise. It is easy... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:21

21. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord—really and spiritually; though ye may outwardly ( :-). cup of devils—in contrast to the cup of the Lord. At idol feasts libations were usually made from the cup to the idol first, and then the guests drank; so that in drinking they had fellowship with the idol. the Lord's table—The Lord's Supper is a feast on a table, not a sacrifice on an altar. Our only altar is the cross, our only sacrifice that of Christ once for all. The Lord's Supper stands,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 10:1-22

3. The sinfulness of idolatry 10:1-22Paul continued dealing with the subject of going to idol temples to participate in pagan feasts in this section. In it he gave a warning to the believer who considered himself strong, the one who knew there were really no gods but the true God. Such a person felt free to accept the invitation of a pagan neighbor to dine in a pagan temple (1 Corinthians 8:10). The apostle cautioned this element in the Corinthian church because, even though there are no other... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 10:14-22

The incompatibility of Christianity and idolatry 10:14-22The apostle proceeded to warn his readers of the danger of idolatry further (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:7). This paragraph concludes the long argument that Paul began in 1 Corinthians 8:1 concerning going to temple feasts. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 10:21

It is inconsistent for a Christian to partake in the Lord’s Supper and to take part in pagan religious feasts. In the former he eats and drinks in union with Christ, and in the latter he is in union with demons who direct the devotees to worship idols. What the Lord promotes and what the demons promote are opposite. This inconsistency must be obvious to "wise men" (1 Corinthians 10:15). Christians have a unique relationship with the Lord and with fellow believers, which the Lord’s Supper... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 10:21

10:21 partake (c-14) Metecho , see Note q, Hebrews 2:14 . read more

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