“ Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? ”
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? - That is, shall we, by joining in the worship of idols, “provoke” or “irritate” God, or excite him to anger? This is evidently the meaning of the word παραζ...
Paul now deals directly with the problem of idol sacrifice. He appeals to the analogy of the Supper. The Eucharistic cup brings the worshipper into fellowship with Christ's blood, the loaf into fello...
provoke... to jealousy . Greek. parazelod. See Romans 10:15 . Lord . App-98. are we, &c . This question is introduced by me , expecting. negative answer. Notice the vividness given to th...
22. Do we provoke the Lord ? Having laid down the doctrine, he assumes a more vehement tone, from observing, that what was a most atrocious offense against God was regarded as nothing, or, a...
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? - All idolatry is represented as a sort of spiritual adultery; it is giving that heart to Satan that s...
Do we provoke the Lord, &c.?— This alludes to the idea under which idolatry is represented as a kind of spiritual adultery, which moved the jealousy of God; though every deliberate sin is, in e...
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? - by dividing our fellowship between Him and idols ( Ezekiel 20:39 ). The Greek has 'Or' prece...
(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 ver...
Ye cannot... — Here follows the special reason why the Apostle desires them not to partake of the wine poured forth in libation to devils, or the table on which meat sacrificed to these devils was...
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. An...
Have No Fellowship with Evil 1 Corinthians 10:11-22 By the end of the world is meant the end of one great era and the beginning of another. The Jewish dispensation was passing, the Christian...
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 t...
(16) 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 of the body of Christ? (17) For we being many are one bread,...
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ?.... As they do who are guilty of idolatry in any shape: nothing is more highly resented by God, or stirs him up more to wrath and fury, and to inflict punishment...
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? Ver. 22. Do we provoke the Lord ] As Caligula that dared his Jove to a duel; as the raging Turk at the last assault of Scodra most hor...
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 bette...
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...
Against Countenancing Idolatry. A. D. 57. 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. ...
Jealousy is a violent passion in a man, not bearing a companion or a rival as to a thing or person which he loveth. It is in holy writ applied unto God, not to signify any such extravagancy, excess...
'Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?' By not fleeing from idolatry they are provoking the Lord to jealously (the symmetry of the passage connects the two statements). He...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:15-19 . 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 com...
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 respect...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 10:1-46 Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations. 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover ; rather, for. He has just shown the...
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Deuteronomy 32:16 ; Deuteronomy 32:21 ; Deuteronomy 4:24 ; Deuteronomy 6:15 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 34:14 ; Ezekiel 22:14 ; Hebrews 10:31 ; Job 40:9-14 ; Job 9:4 ; Joshua 24:19 ; Psalms 78...
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy — By thus caressing his rivals? Are we stronger than he — Are we able to resist, or to bear his wrath?