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1 Corinthians 10 — Sermon Preparation
Paul uses Israel's wilderness failures as warnings against idolatry and self-indulgence, and calls believers to do all things for God's glory. Below is a research summary for 1 Corinthians 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 23
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
1 Corinthians 10 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐσθίω | esthíō | G2068 | 7 | devour, eat, live |
| συνείδησις | syneídēsis | G4893 | 5 | conscience |
| πίνω | pínō | G4095 | 5 | drink |
| δαιμόνιον | daimónion | G1140 | 4 | devil, god |
| μετέχω | metéchō | G3348 | 3 | be partaker, pertain, take part, use |
| πνευματικός | pneumatikós | G4152 | 3 | spiritual |
| δύναμαι | dýnamai | G1410 | 4 | be able, can, could, may |
How preachers through history handled this text
23 public-domain excerpts on 1 Corinthians 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“There were cases wherein Christians might eat what had been offered to idols, without sin. Such as when the flesh was sold in the market as common food, for the priest to whom it had been given. But a Christian must not merely consider what is lawful, but what is expedient, and to edify others. Christianity by no means forbids the common offices of kindness, or allows uncourteous behaviour to any, however they may differ from us in religious sentiments or practices. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Corinthians 10:23–33 (Public Domain)
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