1 Corinthians 10:31–33
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Whether therfore ye eat or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the †Gentiles, nor to the Church of God:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Greek wordingGr. Greeks
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saued.
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From verse 31
- Colossians 3:17Rank 1 from verse 31
- Colossians 3:23Rank 2 from verse 31
- 1 Peter 4:11Rank 3 from verse 31
11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
11If any man speake, let him speake as the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him doe it as of the ability which God giueth, that God in all things may bee glorified through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.
- Deuteronomy 12:7Rank 4 from verse 31
7And 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.
7And there ye shall eate before the LORD your God, and yee shall reioyce in all that you put your hand vnto, ye and your housholds, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
- Deuteronomy 12:18Rank 5 from verse 31
18But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
18But thou must eate them before the LORD thy God, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy man seruant, and thy maid seruant, and the Leuite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the LORD thy God, in all that thou puttest thine hands vnto.
- Zechariah 7:5–6Rank 6 from verse 31
5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
5Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye *fasted and mourned in the fift and seuenth moneth, euen those seuenty yeeres; did ye at all fast vnto me, euen to me?
6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drinke, ‖did not ye eat for your selues, and drinke for your selues?
- Deuteronomy 12:12Rank 7 from verse 31
12And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
12And yee shall reioyce before the LORD your God, ye and your sonnes and your daughters, and your men seruants, and your maid seruants, and the Leuite that is within your gates, forasmuch as *hee hath no part nor inheritance with you.
- Luke 11:41Rank 8 from verse 31
- Nehemiah 8:16–18Rank 9 from verse 31
16¶ So the people went forth, and brought them, 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.
17And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
16¶ So the people went foorth, and brought them, and made themselues boothes, euery one vpon the roofe of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the streete of the water-gate, and in the streete of the gate of Ephraim.
17And all the congregation of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie, made boothes, and sate vnder the boothes: for since the dayes of Ieshua the sonne of Nun, vnto that day, had not the children of Israel done so: and there was very great gladnesse.
18Also day by day from the first day vnto the last day, he read in the booke of the Law of God: and they kept the feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day was †a solemne assembly according vnto the maner.
- 1 Corinthians 7:34Rank 10 from verse 31
34There is difference also 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 her husband.
34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that shee may be holy, both in body and in spirit: but she that is married, careth for the things of the worlde, how shee may please her husband.
From verse 32
- Acts 20:28Rank 1 from verse 32
28¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
28¶ Take heed therefore vnto your selues, & to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy Ghost hath made you ouerseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33Rank 2 from verse 32
- Romans 14:13Rank 3 from verse 32
13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
13Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but iudge this rather, that no man put a stumbling blocke, or an occasion to fall in his brothers way.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13Rank 4 from verse 32
- 2 Corinthians 6:3Rank 5 from verse 32
- Acts 24:16Rank 6 from verse 32
- 1 Corinthians 11:22Rank 7 from verse 32
22What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
22What, haue ye not houses to eate and to drinke in? Or despise yee the Church of God, and shame ‖them that haue not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I prayse you not.
- 1 Timothy 3:15Rank 8 from verse 32
15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
15But if I tary long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the House of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ‖ground of the trueth.
- 1 Timothy 3:5Rank 9 from verse 32
- Philippians 1:10Rank 10 from verse 32
From verse 33
- 1 Corinthians 10:24Rank 1 from verse 33
- Galatians 1:10Rank 2 from verse 33
- 1 Corinthians 9:19–23Rank 3 from verse 33
19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
19For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all, that I might gaine the more.
20And vnto the Iewes, I became as a Iew, that I might gaine the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Law, as vnder the Law, that I might gaine them that are vnder the Law:
21To them that are without Law, as without Law (being not without Law to God, but vnder the Law to Christ,) that I might gaine them that are without Law.
22To the weake became I as weake, that I might gaine the weake: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.
23And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
- Romans 15:2–3Rank 4 from verse 33
2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
2Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.
3For euen Christ pleased not himselfe, but as it is written, *The reproches of them that reproched thee, fell on mee.
- 2 Corinthians 12:19Rank 5 from verse 33
- Romans 11:14Rank 6 from verse 33
- 2 Corinthians 11:28–29Rank 7 from verse 33
28Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
28Besides those things that are without, that which commeth vpon me dayly, the care of all the Churches.
29Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not?
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1 Corinthians 10:31
Sense 1: Which of two. Sense 2: Introducing alternatives or uncertainty.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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whatsoever
Whatever, anything that, or every thing of the kind or within the condition and scope stated.
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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.
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The one true God.
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1 Corinthians 10:32
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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Members of the Jewish people or nation.
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Persons of the nations; in the New Testament, persons distinguished from Jews.
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Sense 1: An assembly or congregation belonging to God or Christ. Sense 2: In passages identifying the church with Christ's body, the body of which Christ is the head.
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The one true God.
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1 Corinthians 10:33
1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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Sense 1: To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to be agreeable or acceptable to; to gratify. Sense 2: To choose, desire, will, or see fit.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.
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30For, if I by ‖grace be a partaker, why am I euill spoken of, for that for which I giue thankes?
31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
31Whether therfore ye eat or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.
Selected passage32Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
32Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the †Gentiles, nor to the Church of God:
Selected passage33Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
33Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saued.
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