1 Coríntios 10:22

22 Ou provocaremos a zelos o Senhor? Somos, porventura, mais fortes do que ele?

1 Coríntios 10:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:22

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.

1 Coríntios 10:22 In-Context

20 Antes digo que as coisas que eles sacrificam, sacrificam-nas a demônios, e não a Deus. E não quero que sejais participantes com os demônios.

21 Não podeis beber do cálice do Senhor e do cálice de demônios; não podeis participar da mesa do Senhor e da mesa de demônios.

22 Ou provocaremos a zelos o Senhor? Somos, porventura, mais fortes do que ele?

23 Todas as coisas são lícitas, mas nem todas as coisas convêm; todas as coisas são lícitas, mas nem todas as coisas edificam.

24 Ninguém busque o proveito próprio, antes cada um o de outrem.