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Neither 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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Idolatry's Subtle Start
Commentators explain that Paul's warning goes beyond bowing to a statue. He quotes the Israelites "eating, drinking, and playing" to show that participating in the feasts and rituals associated with idols is itself a form of idolatry. For the Corinthians, this was a direct warning against attending feasts in pagan temples, showing that even seemingly harmless cultural participation can be a dangerous first step.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Do not be idolaters. This caution is evidently given considering the danger to which you would be exposed if you partook of the feasts celebrated i…
Neither be ye idolaters (μηδε ειδωλολατρα γινεσθε). Literally, stop becoming idolaters, implying that some of them had already beg…
19th Century
Baptist
Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
That i…
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Paul then cites several OT incidents of what that lusting involved and warns against following the example of the Israelites. Many of them became i…
16th Century
Protestant
Neither be you idolaters. He touches upon the history recorded in Exodus 32:7 and following. For when Moses made a longer stay upon the mo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither be you idolaters To which they seemed inclined to be, at least there was great danger that such they would be, by carr…
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