1 Corinthians 10:31

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

CRITICAL NOTES1 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 ever a law of God’s people and their life,” etc. I would not … ignorant.—Found (with slight variation) in Romans 1:13; Romans 11:25; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13. Add (for the thought) 2 Corinthians 8:1. He is a “steward of the mystery,” and is anxious to get what is entrusted... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:31

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 feel that the next life is all in all and that eternity is the only subject that really can claim or can fill their thoughts, then they are apt to undervalue this life altogether and to forget its real importance; they are apt to wish to spend the time of their sojourning here in a positive separation... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

Chapter 10Moreover, 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 who were delivered out of Egypt. God used the cloud to guide them by day and the pillar of fire by night. The cloud had more than just a guiding. They were under the cloud. They were going to be spending time in that hot desert, and so what did God do? He put a cloud over them that... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

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 the Israelites, were under the cloud, the symbol of Jehovah’s presence, and the visible token of covenant favour and protection. And this cloud distinguished them from all other nations. 1 Corinthians 10:2-4 . And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. He initiated them... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:31

31 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 and sleep eternal life." These common actions also are steps in our Christian walking, despise them not, therefore, but refer them to that supreme scope. Socrates, even in his recreations, profited his companions no less than if he had been reading lectures to them. παιζων ουδεν ηττον... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether: The apostle concludes the subject by giving them a general rule, sufficient to regulate every man's conscience and practice - that whether they eat, or drink, or whatsoever they do, to do it all with an habitual aim to the glory of God; by considering his precepts, and the propriety, expediency, appearance, and tendency of their actions. ye eat: 1 Corinthians 7:34, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Nehemiah 8:16-Job :, Zechariah 7:5, Zechariah 7:6, Luke 11:41,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.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 the common, as well as sacred, actions of life, keep the glory of God in view, and steadily pursue in all this one end of your being, the planting or advancing the vital knowledge and love of God, first in your own... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:31

31. Therefore As a concluding rule from the whole of 1 Corinthians 10:23-30. Eat, or drink At feasts or elsewhere. Glory of God As a servant of God, willing ever to bring honour to his law and name. This does not require that in every motion or deed we make God’s glory a distinct object of thought. It requires that we should plan and order our whole life in accordance with God’s law, and with the gospel of his Son. This supreme purpose should control the whole scheme, and be so carried... read more

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