1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
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- Deut 32:21 : 21 They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.
- Eccl 6:10 : 10 The Futile Way Life Works Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.
- Ezek 22:14 : 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!
- Deut 32:16 : 16 They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.
- Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
- Heb 10:31 : 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- Isa 45:9 : 9 The Lord Gives a Warning One who argues with his Creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter,“What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
- Josh 24:19 : 19 Joshua warned the people,“You will not keep worshiping the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
- Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength– who has resisted him and remained safe?
- Job 40:9-9 : 9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his? 10 Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! 11 Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; 12 Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! 13 Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. 14 Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
- Ps 78:58 : 58 They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.
- Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
- Exod 34:14 : 14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Deut 4:24 : 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.
- Deut 6:15 : 15 for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.
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19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?
20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
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26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.
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23 Live to Glorify God“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial.“Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.
- 2 Cor 10:12-132 verses72%
12 Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.
13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.
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9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.
- 1 Cor 9:11-122 verses71%
11 If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?
12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
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10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!
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7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.
8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.
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5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
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19 But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says,“I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”
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10 So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
- 2 Cor 11:1-22 verses70%
1 Paul and His Opponents I wish that you would be patient with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you are being patient with me!
2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- 1 Cor 10:14-163 verses70%
14 Avoid Idol Feasts So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
15 I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.
16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
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16 They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.
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29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
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8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.
- 1 Cor 10:31-322 verses69%
31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
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19 Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.
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4 Do we not have the right to financial support?
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22 Moreover, you continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
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6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.
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21 They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.
- 1 Cor 10:6-72 verses69%
6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.
7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”
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19 But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the LORD.“Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!
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10 We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.
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24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,
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9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
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21 (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.
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22 Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!
- 2 Cor 5:12-132 verses68%
12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.
13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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1 Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
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14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
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9 The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
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32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
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15 for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.
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5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”
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6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
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11 For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
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30 For we know the one who said,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” and again,“The Lord will judge his people.”