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1 Corinthians 10:19 Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_corinthians/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Then what do I mean? That what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_corinthians/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_corinthians/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />What do I mean then? That a thing offered to idols is anything [special or changed simply because it is offered], or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_corinthians/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_corinthians/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Am I saying that either the idols or the food sacrificed to them is anything at all? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_corinthians/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Do I mean that an offering made to a false god is anything, or that a false god itself is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do I imply, then, that an idol or the food offered to it really amounts to anything? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_corinthians/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Am I suggesting, then, that an idol is anything, or that food sacrificed to an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_corinthians/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />What then do I say? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_corinthians/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_corinthians/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />What do I say then? That an idol is anything? Or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Then what do I mean? That what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_corinthians/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />What do I say therefore? that an idol is any thing? or that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />What then ? Do I say, that what is offered in sacrifice to idols, is any thing ? Or, that the idol is any thing ? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />What is next? Should I say that what is immolated to idols is anything? Or that the idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So what am I saying? That meat sacrificed to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />What do I imply then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />What do I say then? that the idol is anything, or that the sacrifice to idols is anything? No.<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 />What therefore do I say? Is an idol anything, or is the sacrifice of an idol anything? No!<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />What, then, do I say? That an idol is any thing? or, that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Then what do I say? that idolatry is anything? or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />What do I say then? that an idol is any thing, or that which is sacrificed to an idol is any thing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_corinthians/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />that the idol, or that what is offered in sacrifice to the idol, is a matter of consequence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_corinthians/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />What, then, do I say? that an idol-sacrifice is anything? or that an idol is anything?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that what is sacrificed to an idol is <i>in itself</i> any thing <i>to stumble at?</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/10-19.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=2085" 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">Flee from Idolatry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar? <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/5346.htm" title="5346: phēmi (V-PIA-1S) -- To say, declare. Properly, the same as the base of phos and phaino; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. Speak or say.">Am I suggesting,</a> <a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">then,</a> <a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: Ti (IPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what."></a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/1494.htm" title="1494: eidōlothyton (Adj-NNS) -- Neuter of a compound of eidolon and a presumed derivative of thuo; an image-sacrifice, i.e. Part of an idolatrous offering.">food sacrificed to an idol</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: ti (IPro-NNS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">anything,</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228: ē (Conj) -- Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.">or</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/1497.htm" title="1497: eidōlon (N-NNS) -- An idol, false god. From eidos; an image; by implication, a heathen god, or the worship of such.">an idol</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: ti (IPro-NNS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">anything?</a> </span> <span class="reftext">20</span>No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.…<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="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a></span><br />They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a></span><br />All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></span><br />Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a></span><br />The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a></span><br />For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Habakkuk 2:18-19</a></span><br />What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. / Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-22.htm">Romans 1:22-23</a></span><br />Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4-6</a></span><br />So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. / For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-10.htm">1 Corinthians 8:10</a></span><br />For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">1 Corinthians 12:2</a></span><br />You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a></span><br />Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20</a></span><br />Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a></span><br />You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?</p><p class="hdg">that the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/1-28.htm">1 Corinthians 1:28</a></b></br> And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, <i>yea</i>, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm">1 Corinthians 3:7</a></b></br> So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4</a></b></br> As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol <i>is</i> nothing in the world, and that <i>there is</i> none other God but one.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/23-11.htm">Claims</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-18.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-7.htm">Idol</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-10.htm">Image</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-3.htm">Imply</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-16.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-10.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-10.htm">Real</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-10.htm">Sacrificed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Claims</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-28.htm">Idol</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-28.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-7.htm">Image</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">Images</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">Imply</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-29.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/galatians/2-13.htm">Real</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-28.htm">Sacrificed</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'; 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The question reflects the concern of early Christians about participating in meals where such food was served. In the Greco-Roman world, eating food sacrificed to idols was part of social and religious life. Paul previously discussed this in <a href="/1_corinthians/8.htm">1 Corinthians 8</a>, emphasizing that idols have no real existence and that food does not bring us closer to God. The rhetorical question here underscores the insignificance of the food itself in spiritual terms.<p><b>or that an idol is anything?</b><br>Paul reiterates the theological stance that idols, as representations of false gods, have no real power or divine nature. This echoes the monotheistic belief found in the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>, where idols are described as man-made and powerless. The early church faced the challenge of distinguishing itself from pagan practices, and Paul emphasizes that idols are nothing compared to the one true God. This statement also connects to the broader biblical theme of idolatry as a deviation from worshiping the true God, as seen in the first two commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>).<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, a city known for its diverse culture and religious practices, including idol worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a></b><br>A major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth, commerce, and a variety of religious practices, including the worship of many gods and idols.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a></b><br>Objects of worship in various religious practices, often representing false gods, which were common in Corinthian society.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/corinthian_church.htm">Corinthian Church</a></b><br>The early Christian community in Corinth, struggling with issues of idolatry and how to live out their faith in a pagan society.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/food_sacrificed_to_idols.htm">Food Sacrificed to Idols</a></b><br>A common practice in Corinth, where food was offered to idols and then consumed, raising questions for Christians about participation in such meals.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_idolatry.htm">Understanding Idolatry</a></b><br>Recognize that idols, while powerless, represent a spiritual reality that can lead believers away from God. Idolatry is not just about physical objects but anything that takes the place of God in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christian_liberty_and_responsibility.htm">Christian Liberty and Responsibility</a></b><br>While Christians have freedom in Christ, this freedom should be exercised with love and consideration for others, especially those who may be weaker in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_cultural_practices.htm">Discernment in Cultural Practices</a></b><br>Believers are called to discern their participation in cultural practices, ensuring that their actions do not compromise their witness or lead others into sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_supremacy_of_god.htm">The Supremacy of God</a></b><br>Reaffirm the truth that there is only one true God, and all other so-called gods or idols are nothing in comparison to His power and majesty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_conscience.htm">Community and Conscience</a></b><br>Encourage a community mindset where believers support one another in making decisions that honor God and build up the church.<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/what_do_idols_and_demons_share.htm">What do idols and demons share in common?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_idol_food.htm">What does the Bible say about food offered to idols?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_greek_goddess_artemis.htm">Who is the Greek goddess Artemis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_church_sin.htm">Is everything permissible also beneficial?</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>(19) <span class= "bld">What say I then?</span>--It might have been argued from the preceding verse that the Apostle admitted the heathen offerings and the idols to which they were offered to be as real as were the offerings and Being to whom the altar was erected by Israel, whereas in <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm" title="As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.">1Corinthians 8:4</a> he had asserted the contrary.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">What say I then?</span> What is it, then, which I am maintaining (<span class="greek">φημι</span>)? <span class="cmt_word">That the idol is anything.</span> St. Paul repudiates an inference which he had already denied (<a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Is anything.</span> Has any intrinsic value, meaning, or importance. In itself, the idol offering is a mere dead, indifferent thing. Of itself, the idol is an <span class="accented">eidolon</span> - a shadowy, unreal thing, one of the <span class="accented">elilim</span>; but in another aspect it was "really something," and so alone could the rabbis account for phenomena which seemed to imply the reality of infernal miracles ('Avoda Zarah,' fol. 54, 2; 55, 1; and see note in 'Life of St. Paul,' 2:74). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/10-19.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">Am I suggesting,</span><br /><span class="grk">φημι</span> <span class="translit">(phēmi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5346.htm">Strong's 5346: </a> </span><span class="str2">To say, declare. Properly, the same as the base of phos and phaino; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. Speak or say.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then,</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">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">food sacrificed to an idol</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰδωλόθυτόν</span> <span class="translit">(eidōlothyton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1494.htm">Strong's 1494: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of a compound of eidolon and a presumed derivative of thuo; an image-sacrifice, i.e. Part of an idolatrous offering.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐστιν</span> <span class="translit">(estin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anything,</span><br /><span class="grk">τί</span> <span class="translit">(ti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative 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">or</span><br /><span class="grk">ἢ</span> <span class="translit">(ē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2228.htm">Strong's 2228: </a> </span><span class="str2">Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an idol</span><br /><span class="grk">εἴδωλόν</span> <span class="translit">(eidōlon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1497.htm">Strong's 1497: </a> </span><span class="str2">An idol, false god. From eidos; an image; by implication, a heathen god, or the worship of such.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐστιν</span> <span class="translit">(estin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anything?</span><br /><span class="grk">τί</span> <span class="translit">(ti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 10:19 What am I saying then? 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