28. if any man—a weak Christian at table, wishing to warn his brother. offered in sacrifice unto idols—The oldest manuscripts omit "unto idols." At a heathen's table the expression, offensive to him, would naturally be avoided. for conscience' sake—not to cause a stumbling-block to the conscience of thy weak brother ( :-). for the earth is the Lord's, &c.—not in the oldest manuscripts. read more
A pagan host might warn his Christian guest that the food before him had been offered in an idol temple. The context (1 Corinthians 10:27) and the terminology (Gr. hierothyton, "sacrificial meat," rather than eidolothyton, "idol meat," the standard Jewish and Christian designation) present a situation in which a Christian is eating privately with a pagan, not in a temple, as in 1 Corinthians 8:10. Only in 1 Corinthians 10:32 does the broader principle of not giving offense to fellow believers... read more
10:28 purposes, (f-13) Or 'to a god.' read more
(b) Food offered to Idols(iii) Historical Illustrations and Practical AdviceSt. Paul has been speaking of the need of earnestness and self-discipline, and the danger of failure; he now holds out the fate of the Israelites as a warning against self-confidence. The Corinthians were tempted to the very same sins for which Israel suffered.All of the Israelites received great blessings from God, types of the sacramental privileges Christians enjoy, yet most of them perished in the wilderness because... read more
(28) But if any man. . . .—If, however, some weak brother present points out that it is sacrificial meat, do not eat for his sake and for conscience sake (see 1 Corinthians 10:29). Here your personal liberty is to be modified by the principle mentioned in 1 Corinthians 10:24. If the weak brother see you eat the flesh which he has just informed you was used as a sacrifice, he may be led by your example to eat it himself, though the very fact of his having called your attention to it showed that... read more
1 Corinthians 10:2 'They were all baptised in the cloud and in the sea'; this is the register of all Christ's chosen ones.... It needs but a little consideration to perceive that devotion, self-sacrifice, all the higher moods and energies, even of natural feeling, are only possible to seasons of adversity. Dora Greenwell, in The Patience of Hope, p. 19 f. Biblical Rocks 1 Corinthians 10:4 The people who are referred to in this argument of the Apostle's in the tenth chapter of First... read more
Chapter 15FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONSIN 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 partly to encourage the Christians of Corinth to consider their weak and prejudiced brethren, partly for other reasons, he reminds them how he himself abridged his liberty and departed from his just claims in order that the Gospel he preached might find readier acceptance. Besides, not only for the sake... read more
7. Warnings and Exhortations CHAPTER 10 1. Warnings from Israel’s past history. (1 Corinthians 10:4-7 ). 2. Exhortations. (1 Corinthians 10:15-33 ). The same subject is continued with this chapter. The concluding paragraph of the previous chapter is illustrated from Israel’s history, as the professing people of God. What happened unto them has a typical meaning for us. “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples (types), and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the... read more
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 of Christian will be subjected to a similar test. And the early history of Israel is appealed to as an example of this. All the children of Israel had the benefit of the protecting cloud in leaving Egypt. All of them passed through the Red Sea, "and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:28
if . App-118 . any man = any one, as in 1 Corinthians 10:27 . offered, &c . Greek. eidolothutos, as in 1 Corinthians 10:19 , but the texts read hierothutos, "offered in sacrifice", as more appropriate language at a heathen feast. shewed . Greek. menuo . See Luke 20:37 , read more