John Gill Commentary 1 Corinthians 10:22

John Gill Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:22

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:22

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?" — 1 Corinthians 10:22 (ASV)

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ?
&c.] As they do who are guilty of idolatry in any shape: nothing is more highly resented by God, or stirs him up more to wrath and fury, and to inflict punishment; he cannot bear, nor will he admit of a rival in religious worship; he is a God jealous of his own honour; nor will he give, or suffer to be given by others, his praise and glory to graven images.

are we stronger than he ?
to give into idolatrous practices, is to proclaim and enter into a war against God; and what madness must this be? who can be so sottish and stupid as to think of succeeding? when God is omnipotent, and man a poor feeble impotent creature, a worm, and but dust and ashes:

Thus the apostle dissuades from idolatry, and every species and branch of it; partly from its ill effect, in bringing men into fellowship with devils; and partly from the impossibility of practising it, in consistence with a true and real participation of the cup and table of the Lord; and from the absurdity and stupidity of it, and its dangerous consequence, in exposing men to the vengeance of an almighty incensed Being.