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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_corinthians/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all things to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_corinthians/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_corinthians/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So then, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of [our great] God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God&#8217s glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_corinthians/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_corinthians/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When you eat or drink or do anything else, always do it to honor God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_corinthians/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Well, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for God's glory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_corinthians/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_corinthians/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_corinthians/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_corinthians/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Whether, then, you eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all things to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Whether therefore ye eat, whether ye drink, or what ye do, do ye all things to the glory of God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you may do, do everything for the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_corinthians/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Whether you eat therefore or drink, or if you do anything, you shall do everything for the glory of God.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Whether, therefore, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Then whether you eat, or whether you drink, or what you do, do all things to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all things to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_corinthians/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_corinthians/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-wZWoK_LZU?start=2179" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/10.htm">All to God's Glory</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So</a> <a href="/greek/1535.htm" title="1535: Eite (Conj) -- And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.">whether</a> <a href="/greek/2068.htm" title="2068: esthiete (V-PIA-2P) -- Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.">you eat</a> <a href="/greek/1535.htm" title="1535: eite (Conj) -- And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.">or</a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: pinete (V-PIA-2P) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">drink</a> <a href="/greek/1535.htm" title="1535: eite (Conj) -- And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.">or</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: ti (IPro-ANS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">whatever</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poieite (V-PIA-2P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">you do,</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poieite (V-PMA-2P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">do</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panta (Adj-ANP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">it all</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to the</a> <a href="/greek/1391.htm" title="1391: doxan (N-AFS) -- From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.">glory</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">32</span>Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-17.htm">Colossians 3:17</a></span><br />And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16</a></span><br />In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-11.htm">1 Peter 4:11</a></span><br />If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-6.htm">Romans 14:6-8</a></span><br />He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. / For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone. / If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-20.htm">Philippians 1:20</a></span><br />I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-20.htm">Ephesians 5:20</a></span><br />always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-18.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:18</a></span><br />Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-8.htm">John 15:8</a></span><br />This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">1 Peter 2:12</a></span><br />Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15</a></span><br />Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-1.htm">Psalm 115:1</a></span><br />Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm">Isaiah 43:7</a></span><br />everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-12.htm">Psalm 86:12</a></span><br />I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/29-2.htm">Psalm 29:2</a></span><br />Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.</p><p class="hdg">Whether.</p><p class="hdg">ye eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/7-34.htm">1 Corinthians 7:34</a></b></br> There is difference <i>also</i> between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please <i>her</i> husband.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-7.htm">Deuteronomy 12:7,12,18</a></b></br> And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm">Nehemiah 8:16-18</a></b></br> So the people went forth, and brought <i>them</i>, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-4.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-29.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-28.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-30.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-21.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-29.htm">Question</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-27.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-27.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-5.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-7.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-7.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-13.htm">Question</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/galatians/2-6.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-32.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">1 Corinthians 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">The sacraments of the Jews are types of ours;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-7.htm">and their punishments,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">examples for us.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">We must flee from idolatry.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">We must not make the Lord's table the table of demons;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-24.htm">and in all things we must have regard for our brothers.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_corinthians/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So whether you eat or drink</b><br>This phrase addresses the everyday activities of eating and drinking, which were significant in the context of the Corinthian church. The early Christians in Corinth faced issues related to food offered to idols, as described earlier in <a href="/1_corinthians/8.htm">1 Corinthians 8</a>. Paul emphasizes that even mundane actions like eating and drinking should be considered in light of their impact on one's faith and witness. This reflects the broader biblical principle that all aspects of life, even those that seem trivial, are opportunities to honor God. The cultural context of Corinth, a city known for its diverse religious practices and social gatherings, underscores the importance of being mindful of how one's actions might affect others' perceptions of the Christian faith.<p><b>or whatever you do</b><br>This phrase expands the scope beyond eating and drinking to include all actions. It echoes the comprehensive nature of the Christian life, where every action, thought, and decision is an opportunity to serve God. This aligns with the teachings found in <a href="/colossians/3-17.htm">Colossians 3:17</a>, which instructs believers to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. The historical context of the early church, which was often scrutinized by both Jewish and pagan observers, highlights the need for Christians to live consistently with their faith in all areas of life.<p><b>do it all to the glory of God</b><br>The ultimate purpose of every action is to glorify God. This principle is rooted in the biblical understanding of God's sovereignty and the call for believers to reflect His character. The concept of glorifying God is central to the teachings of both the Old and New Testaments, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm">Isaiah 43:7</a> and <a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16</a>. In the context of 1 Corinthians, Paul is addressing the need for unity and consideration within the church, encouraging believers to prioritize God's glory over personal freedom or preferences. This reflects the life of Jesus Christ, who consistently sought to honor the Father in all He did, serving as the ultimate example for Christians to follow.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of 1 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth with guidance on Christian living.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a></b><br>A major city in ancient Greece, known for its diverse population and cultural influences, which often led to moral and ethical challenges for the early Christians.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_corinthian_church.htm">The Corinthian Church</a></b><br>The recipients of Paul's letter, struggling with issues of idolatry, immorality, and divisions within the church.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>A prevalent issue in Corinth, where believers were tempted to participate in pagan rituals and feasts.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/christian_liberty.htm">Christian Liberty</a></b><br>A theme in Paul's letters, addressing how believers should exercise their freedom in Christ responsibly.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/living_for_god's_glory.htm">Living for God's Glory</a></b><br>Every action, no matter how mundane, should be an act of worship and honor to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/mindful_of_christian_liberty.htm">Mindful of Christian Liberty</a></b><br>Exercise freedom in Christ with consideration for others, ensuring that your actions do not lead others into sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intentional_living.htm">Intentional Living</a></b><br>Be intentional in daily activities, recognizing that even eating and drinking can reflect your commitment to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/witness_through_actions.htm">Witness Through Actions</a></b><br>Your lifestyle should be a testimony to others, drawing them to the truth of the Gospel through your example.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holistic_worship.htm">Holistic Worship</a></b><br>Worship is not confined to church services but is a holistic lifestyle that encompasses all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_corinthians_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Corinthians 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/biblical_view_on_attending_prom.htm">What is the biblical perspective on attending prom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_you_eat_or_drink_for_god's_glory.htm">Do you eat or drink for God's glory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_anime.htm">What is the Bible's view on Christian anime?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_bodybuilding.htm">What does the Bible say about Christian bodybuilding?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_corinthians/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do.</span>--These words embrace all life. The definite acts of eating and drinking are mentioned expressly as they are the subject immediately under consideration. They are, however, to be regulated by the same principle which guides all true life. The modern idea of some acts being religious and some secular is neither here nor elsewhere recognised by St. Paul. No act of life is in itself either religious or secular. The quality of each act depends on the spirit which guides it, and the motive from which it springs. The commonest thing may be done in a high Christian spirit. The greatest deed may spring from a low and selfish motive. A religious act done in a secular spirit is secular. A secular thing done in a religious spirit is religious. This is "the great first principle" of Christian life.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">All</span>. There is much grandeur in the sweeping universality of the rule which implies that all life, and every act of life, may be consecrated by holy motives. <span class="cmt_word">To the glory of God.</span> Not to the glorification either of your own breadth of mind or your over-scrupulosity of conscience, but "that God in all things may be glorified" (<a href="/1_peter/4-11.htm">1 Peter 4:11</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">οὖν</span> <span class="translit">(oun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whether</span><br /><span class="grk">Εἴτε</span> <span class="translit">(Eite)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1535.htm">Strong's 1535: </a> </span><span class="str2">And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you eat</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐσθίετε</span> <span class="translit">(esthiete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2068.htm">Strong's 2068: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="grk">εἴτε</span> <span class="translit">(eite)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1535.htm">Strong's 1535: </a> </span><span class="str2">And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drink</span><br /><span class="grk">πίνετε</span> <span class="translit">(pinete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="grk">εἴτε</span> <span class="translit">(eite)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1535.htm">Strong's 1535: </a> </span><span class="str2">And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whatever</span><br /><span class="grk">τι</span> <span class="translit">(ti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> </span><span class="str2">Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you do,</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιεῖτε</span> <span class="translit">(poieite)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιεῖτε</span> <span class="translit">(poieite)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it all</span><br /><span class="grk">πάντα</span> <span class="translit">(panta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰς</span> <span class="translit">(eis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">glory</span><br /><span class="grk">δόξαν</span> <span class="translit">(doxan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God.</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Theou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore you eat or drink (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 10:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 10:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 10:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 10:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>