1st Corinthians Chapter 10 verse 30 Holy Bible
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
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But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.
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If *I* partake with thanksgiving, why am I spoken evil of for what *I* give thanks for?
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For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
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If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for that for which I give thanks?
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and if I thankfully do partake, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - For if I. The "for" should be omitted. There is no copula in the best manuscripts. By grace. The word may also mean "with thankfulness" (comp. Romans 14:6. "He that eateth, to the Lord he eateth, for he giveth God thanks;" 1 Timothy 4:3, "Meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving;" compare our phrase," saying grace"). Another view of these clauses interprets them to mean "You should refrain because, by net doing so, you give occasion to others to judge you" - a rule which has been compared with Romans 14:16, "Let not your good be evil spoken of." Whichever view be taken, it is clear that theoretically St. Paul sided with the views of the "strong," but sympathetically with those of the "weak." He pleaded for some concession to the scrupulosity of ever morbid consciences, he disapproved of a defiant, ostentatious, insulting liberalism. On the other hand, he discouraged the miserable micrology of a purblind and bigoted superstition, which exaggerated the importance of things external and indifferent. He desiderated more considerateness and self denial on the one side; and on the other, a more robust and instructed faith, he would always tolerate the scruples of the weak, but would not suffer either weakness or strength to develop itself into a vexatious tyranny.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) For if I by grace be a partaker.--Better, If I thankfully partake, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? Such a question might be asked by some who object to the restriction on their liberty which the advice just given implies. To the querulous objector the Apostle gives no definitely limited reply. He lays down in the following verses the great principles which should guide all Christian life, and by which therefore every detail of it should be regulated.
